AUDUSD could be in for a long-term reversal from the recent downtrend, as an inverse head and shoulders pattern can be seen on its 4-hour time frame. Price is on its way to test the neckline around the .7400 major psychological mark and the 200 SMA.
t only took a shift in rhetoric from RBA Gov Glen Stevens to upset the Aussie dollar bears whose best laid plans went sent completely awry.
As the currency markets pause ahead of the monthly Non Farm Payroll release due later, I thought it would be a good time to revisit the weekly futures charts for some of the major currency pairs, and to step back a little, following a week of significant news items around the world. This helps to contextualize the NFP data, which whilst important, is simply another release in the economic calendar.
As we come to the end of another trading week, for the Australian dollar it has been another characterized by negative sentiment with the AUD/USD likely to close with a wide spread down candle, with the bearish tone picking up momentum once again. The move lower for the pair is of no great surprise given the clear and unequivocal messages that have been emanating recently from the RBA, during the
As another trading week and month gets underway, it’s time to take a look at several of the major currency pairs in the futures market ahead of what is likely to be an interesting time.
There was no hiding place for the Australian dollar last week, which came under relentless and remorseless pressure, with the December futures contract closing with yet another wide spread down candle on Friday, and further confirming the bearish picture for the Aussie dollar.
Like the GBP/USD, the Aussie dollar is another currency pair which is now starting to break out from a recent phase of price congestion, but for the AUD/USD, this period of sideways price action has been in place for considerably longer than Cable, with the pair having been range-bound between 0.9150 to the downside and 0.9370 to the upside for some time.
AUDUSD has been on a steady uptrend, as seen on the 4-hour time frame, but it appears that the rally is slowing down.
On a slow news day, with only Construction PMI on the horizon in the UK, Ukraine will continue to dominate.
AUD/USD is testing a major support level, as seen on its daily time frame.
