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AUD/USD Technical Analysis: bears in control on the 4H chart

The AUD/USD pair is mildly bid in Asia, possibly due to moderate gains in the S&P 500 futures. The technicals on the 4-hour chart, however, indicate that sellers are controlling the market and a drop to 0.71 could be in the offing.

4-hour chart

The bear flag breakdown on Friday opened up downside toward the psychological level of 0.70. The bearish setup is backed by downward sloping key moving averages   – 50- and 100-candle MAs have produced a bearish crossover last week. What’s more, the relative strength index (RSI) is also biased bearish below 50.00.

The sell-off to levels below 0.71 could happen this week if the Fed retains hawkish bias, squashing expectations of 2019 rate hike pause.

Technically speaking, the bearish setup would be invalidated above the Dec. 13 high of 0.7247 (recent lower high).

Trend: Bearish

AUD/USD

Overview:
       Today Last Price:  0.7178
       Today Daily change:  -1.0  pips
       Today Daily change %:  -0.0139%
       Today Daily Open:  0.7179
Trends:
       Previous Daily SMA20:  0.7253
       Previous Daily SMA50:  0.7192
       Previous Daily SMA100:  0.7227
       Previous Daily SMA200:  0.7395
Levels:
       Previous Daily High:  0.7231
       Previous Daily Low:  0.7151
       Previous Weekly High:  0.7247
       Previous Weekly Low:  0.7151
       Previous Monthly High:  0.7345
       Previous Monthly Low:  0.7072
       Previous Daily Fibonacci 38.2%:  0.7182
       Previous Daily Fibonacci 61.8%:  0.7201
       Previous Daily Pivot Point S1:  0.7143
       Previous Daily Pivot Point S2:  0.7107
       Previous Daily Pivot Point S3:  0.7063
       Previous Daily Pivot Point R1:  0.7223
       Previous Daily Pivot Point R2:  0.7267
       Previous Daily Pivot Point R3:  0.7303

 

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