AUD/JPY Price Analysis: Steady as Asian markets open at around 94.60s, RBA eyed

AUD/JPY pair inches up 0.04% to trade at 94.65, following a 0.30% gain on Monday, as it approaches a key resistance trendline at 94.90/95.00.
The pair remains neutral/upwards, with significant resistance at a July 25 high of 95.85 and the psychological 96.00 figure.
Short-term, the AUD/JPY 1-hour chart indicates consolidation around the daily pivot, with first support and resistance levels identified at 94.50/51 and 94.84, respectively.

Christian Borjon Valencia FXStreet

As Tuesday’s Asian session begins, the Aussie Dollar (AUD) climbs a minuscule 0.04% against the Japanese Yen (JPY), following Monday’s upbeat session, the AUD/JPY gained more than 0.30%. The cross-currency pair exchanges hands at 94.65, ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) monetary policy decision.

AUD/JPY Price Analysis: Technical outlook

From a daily chart perspective, the AUD/JPY remains neutral to upward biased, with the cross above the Ichimoku cloud, but about to face solid resistance at a downslope resistance trendline at around 94.90/95.00. A breach of that area would expose the July 25 high at 95.85 before the pair edges toward the psychological 96.00 mark. Downside risks emerge at around the top of the Ichimoku Cloud (Kumo) at 94.08, followed by an upslope support trendline at 93.50/60.

In the short term, the 1-hour chart depicts the pair consolidating art around the daily pivot, with upside risks seen above yesterday’s high of 94.72. Next, resistance emerges at the R1 daily pivot at 94.84, followed by the August 30 high at 5.06, confluence with the R2 daily pivot. Conversely, the AUD/JPY first support emerges at the Senkou-Span A and the daily pivot at 94.50/51. The break below will expose the confluence of the Senkou Span B and the S1 pivot at 94.28.

AUD/JPY Price Action – Hourly chart

AUD/JPY

Overview
Today last price	94.67
Today Daily Change	0.32
Today Daily Change %	0.34
Today daily open	94.35

Trends
Daily SMA20	93.98
Daily SMA50	94.59
Daily SMA100	93.33
Daily SMA200	91.92

Levels
Previous Daily High	94.42
Previous Daily Low	93.86
Previous Weekly High	95.06
Previous Weekly Low	93.78
Previous Monthly High	95.81
Previous Monthly Low	92.79
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	94.07
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	94.21
Daily Pivot Point S1	94
Daily Pivot Point S2	93.65
Daily Pivot Point S3	93.44
Daily Pivot Point R1	94.56
Daily Pivot Point R2	94.77
Daily Pivot Point R3	95.13

Author

Christian Borjon Valencia

FXStreet

Markets analyst, news editor, and trading instructor with over 14 years of experience across FX, commodities, US equity indices, and global macro markets.

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