EUR/AUD Price Forecast: Climbs and challenges head-and-shoulders neckline
- EUR/AUD trades at 1.6209, marking a second consecutive day of gains, with a daily high of 1.6244.
- Resistance levels: 50-day SMA at 1.6261, followed by 1.6300, and the 100-day SMA at 1.6365.
- Support levels: 1.6200, 1.6161 (Nov 7 low), and key psychological level at 1.6100.
The EUR/AUD advanced for the second straight day, as Trump’s threatening to impose tariffs on China was a headwind for the Aussie Dollar. Therefore, the cross-pair rose over 0.50% and traded at 1.6209 at the time of writing.
EUR/AUD Price Forecast: Technical outlook
The EUR/AUD’s downtrend remains intact, with the pair registering a successive series of lower highs and lower lows. Even though the pair hit a daily high of 1.6244, near the day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at 1.6261, sellers stepped in, dragging prices below the head-and-shoulders neckline.
If EUR/AUD climbs past the 50-day SMA, the next resistance would be the 1.6300 figure. A breach of the latter will expose the 100-day SMA at 1.6365, followed by the 200-day SMA at 1.6373.
Conversely, If EUR/AUD drops below 1.6200, the next support would be the November 7 low of 1.6161, followed by the psychological figure of 1.6100. UP next would be the November 25 low of 1.6003, followed by the November 22 low of 1.5963.
EUR/AUD Price Chart – Daily
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