AUD/USD Price Analysis: A fast trip to 0.7150 is on the cards on a break of 0.7180

AUD/USD bears in control and they target the imbalance of price.
Support at this juncture near 0.7180 is critical in guarding against 0.7150.

Ross J Burland FXStreet

AUD/USD has been in the hands of the bears to start the year. The greenback has picked up a strong bid while many markets have been closed.

However, with full volumes coming back into play, the question is whether the ranges can be broken in a continuation of the dominant trends that have formed in some forex pairs. The following illustrates the bearish bias in AUD/USD for the sessions ahead on a break of critical support.

AUD/USD H1 chart

The bears are taking on the support at this important juncture of the bearish impulse. This could lead to a breakout and opens risk towards 0/.7155 in mitigation of the price imbalance between here and there as illustrated above.

This is also illustrated on the following daily chart:

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Ross J Burland

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Ross J Burland, born in England, UK, is a sportsman at heart. He played Rugby and Judo for his county, Kent and the South East of England Rugby team.

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