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AUD/USD Price Analysis: The price looks set to move above 0.73 once again

  • AUD/USD trades 0.30% higher after a couple of tough sessions.
  • The price has found some support after the NFP data.

AUD/USD Price Analysis

AUD/USD has pushed higher today while some of the other majors struggled. Most of the majors have recovered after the USD gained some short term strength following the US non-farm payroll data. Both the unemployment and NFP numbers beat analyst consensus estimates but many of the jobs added have been proved to be government jobs. A large amount of hiring came from Census workers, whose rolls increased by 328,000.

Looking at the chart, the price bounce off the red support level at 0.7239. The price has been moving smoothly in a channel for some time now (marked in black). This looks like a classic trend continuation structure and the price now test the previous highs. If the channel low does break then the blue horizontal line could be the next support zone at 0.7145. 

Looking at the indicators, the MACD the signal lines have dipped below the mid-level and the histogram is firmly in the red. The Relative Strength Index is also bearish below the 50 line but the indicator is moving away from the oversold area.

Overall, this is still a pretty strong uptrend. The market is still making higher highs and higher lows on the higher timeframes. It is still too early to call a change in trend but a break of the channel could be an indication. 

AUD/USD Technical Analysis

Additional levels

AUD/USD

Overview
Today last price0.7295
Today Daily Change0.0021
Today Daily Change %0.29
Today daily open0.7274
 
Trends
Daily SMA200.7225
Daily SMA500.7113
Daily SMA1000.6878
Daily SMA2000.6744
 
Levels
Previous Daily High0.734
Previous Daily Low0.7264
Previous Weekly High0.7369
Previous Weekly Low0.715
Previous Monthly High0.7416
Previous Monthly Low0.7076
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%0.7293
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%0.7311
Daily Pivot Point S10.7245
Daily Pivot Point S20.7217
Daily Pivot Point S30.7169
Daily Pivot Point R10.7321
Daily Pivot Point R20.7369
Daily Pivot Point R30.7397

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Rajan Dhall, MSTA

Rajan Dhall is an experienced market analyst, who has been trading professionally since 2007 managing various funds producing exceptional returns.

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