AUD/USD Technical Analysis: Aussie dips to 0.7100 figure

Flavio Tosti Independent Analyst

AUD/USD daily chart

AUD/USD is trading below its main simple moving average suggesting bearish momentum.

AUD/USD 4-hour chart

AUD/USD is trading below its main SMAs suggesting bearish momentum in the medium-term.

AUD/USD 30-minute chart

AUD/USD is trading below the main SMAs suggesting bearish momentum in the short-term.
A break below 0.7100 on a daily closing basis would open the gates to 0.7030 support.
On the way up resistances are at 0.7130, 0.7150 and 0.7200 level.

Additional key levels

AUD/USD

Overview:
    Today Last Price: 0.7115
    Today Daily change: -23 pips
    Today Daily change %: -0.32%
    Today Daily Open: 0.7138
Trends:
    Daily SMA20: 0.7149
    Daily SMA50: 0.7133
    Daily SMA100: 0.7165
    Daily SMA200: 0.7257
Levels:
    Previous Daily High: 0.7199
    Previous Daily Low: 0.7127
    Previous Weekly High: 0.7207
    Previous Weekly Low: 0.707
    Previous Monthly High: 0.7296
    Previous Monthly Low: 0.6684
    Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 0.7155
    Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 0.7172
    Daily Pivot Point S1: 0.711
    Daily Pivot Point S2: 0.7083
    Daily Pivot Point S3: 0.7039
    Daily Pivot Point R1: 0.7182
    Daily Pivot Point R2: 0.7226
    Daily Pivot Point R3: 0.7254

Author

Flavio Tosti

Independent Analyst

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