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Aussie faces resistance and is stuck down under

The AUD/USD reached the lowest levels in 11 months and began recovering as the US Dollar finally takes a breather. However, the pair may run into massive resistance.  The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that the  0.7477  level is the convergence of the Simple Moving Average 200-15m, the SMA50-1h, the Fibonacci 38.2% one-day, the one-month low, the one-week low, and the Pivot Point one-week Support 1.

Should the Aussie break higher, the next cluster of resistance lines is not that far off.  0.7504  is the meeting point of the  SMA100-1h, the Fibonacci 61.8% one-day, and the Fibonacci 23.6% one-week.

On the downside, a congestion of support lines awaits at  0.7438which is the 1d-high, the Bolinger Band 15m-Lower, and the Pivot Point one-month Support 1. The next cushion is at  0.7422  which is the confluence of the Pivot Point one-week Support 2 and the Bolinger Band one-hour Lower.

Here is how it looks on the tool:

AUD USD Technical confluence May 10 2018

Confluence Detector

The Confluence Detector finds  exciting opportunities using Technical Confluences.  The TC is a tool to locate and point out those price levels where there is a  congestion of indicators,  moving averages, Fibonacci levels, Pivot Points, etc. Knowing where these congestion points are located is very useful for the trader, and can be used as a basis for different strategies.

This tool assigns a certain amount of “weight” to each indicator, and this “weight” can influence  adjacents  price levels. This means that one  price level without any indicator  or moving average but under the influence of two “strongly weighted” levels accumulate more resistance than their neighbors. In these cases, the tool signals resistance in apparently empty areas.

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Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts.