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AUD/USD Price Forecast – Australian dollar looking for footing

By:
Christopher Lewis
Updated: May 22, 2019, 16:16 GMT+00:00

The Australian dollar rallied slightly during the trading session on Wednesday, as we don’t really know what to do in this general vicinity. There seems to be a lot of back and forth between the Americans and the Chinese, but nothing market moving over the last several sessions.

AUD/USD daily chart, May 23, 2019

The Australian dollar has been weak for some time now, reaching down into this major support level. This major support level is something that I have been watching for some time, and I believe there is a lot of order flow in noise in this 200 point range. The 0.68 level underneath should be massive support, so I think there are plenty of buyers down there. However, if we break down with a significant daily close underneath that level, it could be a signal that the Australian dollar is in real trouble. At that point, I think that it’s much easier to go to the 0.65 level.

AUD/USD Video 23.05.19

To the upside, I believe that the 0.70 level is going to be difficult to get above, but if we do this is a market that could really take off if we get good news coming out of the US/China trade situation. The RBA looks as if it could cut interest rates but has yet to do so and if there is a recovery in Sino-American relations, that would probably jolt the Australian economy higher.

In the meantime, I believe that this is a market that’s going to be difficult to trade because we are at such a major inflection point on longer-term charts. That being said, I have a couple of major levels that I’m watching on the chart and simply leaving it at that for the time being as there seems to be a lot of indecision out there.

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About the Author

Chris is a proprietary trader with more than 20 years of experience across various markets, including currencies, indices and commodities. As a senior analyst at FXEmpire since the website’s early days, he offers readers advanced market perspectives to navigate today’s financial landscape with confidence.

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