AUD/USD technical analysis: Descending channel on 1-hourly chart points to further intraday weakness


  • The AUD/USD pair failed to capitalize its goodish recovery move witnessed on the first day of the week and traded with a negative bias for the second consecutive session on Wednesday.
  • The downtick over the past two trading session has been along a short-term descending trend-channel formation on the 1-hourly charts, supporting prospects for a further intraday weakness.

The fact that the pair has repeatedly failed to build on its momentum beyond 200-hour SMA clearly suggests that the near-term selling bias might still be far from being over and further reinforce the bearish outlook.
 
Moreover, technical indicators on hourly/daily charts maintained their bearish bias, turning the near-term set-up in favour of bearish traders and a possible drop to sub-0.6700 level amid persistent US-China trade uncertainties.
 
However, a sustained breakthrough the trend-channel resistance – currently near the 0.6760 region – leading to a subsequent strength beyond 200-hour SMA might negate the bearish set-up and prompt some near-term short-covering move.
 
The pair might then aim towards reclaiming the 0.6800 round figure mark, above which the momentum seems more likely to accelerate further towards an intermediate resistance near mid-0.6800s en-route the 0.6900 handle.

AUD/USD 1-hourly chart

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AUD/USD

Overview
Today last price 0.6744
Today Daily Change -0.0008
Today Daily Change % -0.12
Today daily open 0.6752
 
Trends
Daily SMA20 0.6776
Daily SMA50 0.6897
Daily SMA100 0.6945
Daily SMA200 0.7044
Levels
Previous Daily High 0.678
Previous Daily Low 0.6746
Previous Weekly High 0.68
Previous Weekly Low 0.6736
Previous Monthly High 0.7082
Previous Monthly Low 0.6832
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% 0.6759
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% 0.6767
Daily Pivot Point S1 0.6739
Daily Pivot Point S2 0.6725
Daily Pivot Point S3 0.6704
Daily Pivot Point R1 0.6773
Daily Pivot Point R2 0.6794
Daily Pivot Point R3 0.6807

 

 

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