AUD/USD technical analysis: Intraday pullback finds support near 200-hour SMA, US PPI/Fedspeak eyed

The AUD/USD pair struggled to find acceptance above the key 0.70 psychological mark and has now trimmed a part of its early gains to fresh weekly tops.
Friday's mixed Chinese trade balance data prompted some long-unwinding trade at higher levels amid the lack of any progress in the US-China trade talks.

Haresh Menghani FXStreet

Despite the intraday pullback of around 20-25 pips, the pair managed to defend 200-hour SMA support, which should now act as a key pivotal point for intraday traders and ahead of comments by Chicago Fed President Charles Evans.

Any subsequent slide is likely to find some support near the 0.6965 horizontal level, below which the pair is likely to accelerate the downfall back towards the 0.6925 intermediate support before eventually dropping to the 0.6900 handle.

Meanwhile, technical indicators maintained their bullish bias on hourly and daily charts, supporting prospects for dip-buying to emerge at lower levels that should help limit any sharp intraday downfall, at least for the time being.

On the upside, sustained move beyond the 0.70 handle is likely to accelerate the momentum towards the 0.7035-40 supply zone before the pair eventually aims towards its next resistance near the 0.7060-65 region en-route the 0.7100 handle.

AUD/USD 1-hourly chart

AUD/USD

Overview
Today last price	0.6988
Today Daily Change	0.0013
Today Daily Change %	0.19
Today daily open	0.6975

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.6954
Daily SMA50	0.6949
Daily SMA100	0.7024
Daily SMA200	0.7093

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.6989
Previous Daily Low	0.6953
Previous Weekly High	0.7049
Previous Weekly Low	0.6955
Previous Monthly High	0.7026
Previous Monthly Low	0.6831
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.6975
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.6967
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.6956
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.6936
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.692
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.6992
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.7008
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.7028

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Haresh Menghani

FXStreet

Haresh Menghani is a detail-oriented professional with 10+ years of extensive experience in analysing the global financial markets.

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