AUD/JPY Technical Analysis: Upside capped near 80.45/50, all eyes on Australian jobs data

Anil Panchal FXStreet

AUD/JPY is trading near 80.40 during early Thursday. A week-long horizontal-line and a downward sloping trend-line joining recent highs together indicate 80.45/50 as a near-term strong resistance for the quote.

During the pair’s decline, an ascending support-line stretched since April 10, at 80.10, could limit immediate downturn while a break of which may need extended dip beneath 80.00 to validate the selling pressure towards 79.85 and 79.60.

Should there be additional south-run past-79.60, 79.40, 79.20 and 79.00 could entertain bears.

Meanwhile, an upside clearance of 80.50 can recall 80.60 and 80.70 on the chart with 61.8% Fibonacci expansion (FE) at 80.85 acting as follow-on resistance.

In a case where prices rally beyond 80.85, 81.50 and mid-December 2018 top near 82.20 can please the Bulls.

AUD/JPY 30-Minutes chart

Trend: Pullback expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	80.38
Today Daily Change	2 pips
Today Daily Change %	0.02%
Today daily open	80.36

Trends
Daily SMA20	79.13
Daily SMA50	78.93
Daily SMA100	79.13
Daily SMA200	80.21

Levels
Previous Daily High	80.4
Previous Daily Low	79.89
Previous Weekly High	80.49
Previous Weekly Low	78.95
Previous Monthly High	79.66
Previous Monthly Low	77.54
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	80.08
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	80.21
Daily Pivot Point S1	80.03
Daily Pivot Point S2	79.71
Daily Pivot Point S3	79.52
Daily Pivot Point R1	80.54
Daily Pivot Point R2	80.73
Daily Pivot Point R3	81.05

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Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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