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AUD/USD Price Analysis: Bearish-biased as sellers reclaimed the 100/50/20-DMAs, eyeing 0.6700

  • AUD/USD plunged more than 0.50% on Friday amidst a buoyant greenback.
  • The major slid in each day of the week; losing between Monday-Wednesday almost 3%.
  • A break below 0.6869 clears the path towards 0.6800, followed by 0.6718.

The AUD/USD refreshed four-week lows preparing to finish the week with hefty losses, equal to 3.50%. The Aussie tumbled in each day of the week, breaching dynamic resistances, like the 20 and 50-day EMA, on its way down. At the time of writing, the AUD/USD is trading at 0.6874, down 0.57%.

AUD/USD Price Analysis: Technical outlook

The AUD/USD shifted from neutral-upwards to downward-biased throughout the week. Worth noting that the major began the week above the 20, 50, and 100-DMAs. However, it tumbled courtesy of buyers unable to crack the 200-day EMA around 0.7130s despite the market’s “dovish” FOMC minutes reaction, which set the Aussie’s faith.

On Monday, the major plummeted below the 100-day EMA; by Wednesday, the AUD/USD was already 200-pips (2.99%) down in the week. Furthermore, as the downtrend gathered momentum, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) plunged from readings nearby 55 to 46, meaning sellers were in charge.

Therefore, the AUD/USD first support will be August low at 0.6869. Once cleared, the next demand zone will be the July 19 daily low at 0.6802, followed by the July 15 low at 0.6718.

AUD/USD Daily chart

AUD/USD Key Technical Levels

AUD/USD

Overview
Today last price0.6874
Today Daily Change-0.0049
Today Daily Change %-0.71
Today daily open0.6918
 
Trends
Daily SMA200.6985
Daily SMA500.6923
Daily SMA1000.7063
Daily SMA2000.7144
 
Levels
Previous Daily High0.7021
Previous Daily Low0.6892
Previous Weekly High0.7137
Previous Weekly Low0.6898
Previous Monthly High0.7033
Previous Monthly Low0.668
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%0.6941
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%0.6972
Daily Pivot Point S10.6866
Daily Pivot Point S20.6814
Daily Pivot Point S30.6737
Daily Pivot Point R10.6996
Daily Pivot Point R20.7073
Daily Pivot Point R30.7125

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Christian Borjon Valencia

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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