AUD/USD: Off intraday top below 0.7200 on downbeat Aussie Trade Balance

AUD/USD steps back from the day’s high of 0.7190 after weaker than expected trade data.
Australia’s Trade Balance shrunk way past-5114M to 5.63M in September.
Risk catalysts wobble as Biden inches closer to the US presidency, chatters over voting count in Pennsylvania.
US election updates, Fed meeting will be the key catalysts.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

AUD/USD steps back from the day’s high of 0.7190 to 0.7178 amid Thursday’s Asian session. The pair recently reacted to the Australian trade numbers for September. Also challenging the bulls are mixed signals by the risk catalysts based on the US election updates.

Australia’s September month Trade Balance eased to Australia dollar 563 million as the big -5.9% drop in Imports supersede +3.9% rise in Exports.

Read: Aussie Trade Balance for September 5.63bn surplus vs the expected 3.7bn

Other than the downbeat data, a pause in the previous risk-on mood also challenges the AUD/USD bulls. While portraying the same, S&P 500 Futures print mild gains despite Wall Street’s upbeat performance whereas US 10-year Treasury yields drop below 0.75% by press time.

Although Democratic candidate for US elections, Joe Biden, inches closer to the victory with the recent Michigan win, the current President Donald Trump and the team’s pressure on Pennsylvania’s ballot-count increasing the market uncertainty.

Looking forward, US election updates will keep entertaining the markets while the US Federal Reserve’s likely cautious tone can also probe the pair traders.

Read: Fed Preview: Powell set to see glass half full, unless he has depressing NFP data

Technical analysis

The previous resistance from mid-August, currently around 0.7140, restricts short-term AUD/USD pullback moves while bulls await a clear break above 50-day SMA, near 0.7180, to attack the 0.7200 round-figure.

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	0.718
Today Daily Change	5 pips
Today Daily Change %	0.07%
Today daily open	0.7175

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.7116
Daily SMA50	0.7182
Daily SMA100	0.712
Daily SMA200	0.6806

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.7222
Previous Daily Low	0.7048
Previous Weekly High	0.7182
Previous Weekly Low	0.7002
Previous Monthly High	0.7244
Previous Monthly Low	0.7002
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.7156
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.7115
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.7075
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.6975
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.6901
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.7249
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.7322
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.7422

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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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