Home AUD/USD Technical Analysis: Coiling around 0.7400 level
FXStreet News

AUD/USD Technical Analysis: Coiling around 0.7400 level

  • AUD/USD is having trouble finding a clear direction as it is coiling around the 0.7400 figure.
  • The 50-period simple moving average has now crossed above the 100 and 200 SMA suggesting a mild bullish bias with 0.7415 and 0.7442 as first resistances. To the downside, support is likely located near 0.7400, 0.7380 and 0.7364 June 28 high.
  • AUD/USD has been in a barbwire pattern since mid-June. This environment generally favors return-to-the-mean trading strategies.  

AUD/USD 15-minute chart  

Spot rate:                 0.7406
Relative change:      0.04%      
High:                        0.7415
Low:                         0.7385

Trend:                      Neutral

Resistance 1:          0.7415 current July 30 high
Resistance 2:          0.7442 June 25 high
Resistance 3:          0.7485-0.7488-0.7494 area, current week’s high, 200-period SMA (4h), 50-daily SMA
Resistance 4:          0.7600 figure
Resistance 5:          0.7674 swing high

Support 1:               0.7400 figure
Support 2:               0.7380 June 26 low
Support 3:               0.7364 June 28 high
Support 4:               0.7345 congestion zone
Support 5:               0.7310 current 2018 low

FX Street

FX Street

FXStreet is the leading independent portal dedicated to the Foreign Exchange (Forex) market. It was launched in 2000 and the portal has always been proud of their unyielding commitment to provide objective and unbiased information, to enable their users to take better and more confident decisions.