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AUD/USD Price Forecast March 16, 2018, Technical Analysis

By:
Christopher Lewis
Updated: Mar 16, 2018, 05:48 UTC

The Australian dollar has sold off in a bit of a “risk off” move, as the 0.79 level has offered a bit of resistance. Ultimately, this ends up reaching down towards a significant support level. I think that this market will continue to be noisy, but that makes a lot of sense as there are lot of geopolitical concerns.

AUD/USD daily chart, March 16, 2018

The Australian dollar has fallen a bit during the trading session on Thursday, as the stock markets and gold markets continue to be very noisy. There are a lot of geopolitical concerns right now, and quite frankly a lot of the economic numbers haven’t been stellar either. Because of this, I think that the Aussie is going to eventually find buyers, but it is going to be rather difficult to hang on the gains. I think that short-term moves will be the overall attitude of the market, so I would look to short-term charts to place trades in this market. I think that the 0.78 level should be supportive, so given enough time I think the buyers will come back in. However, I think it’s good to be difficult to break above the 0.79 level, and most certainly the 0.80 level above.

AUD/USD Video 16.03.18

I think that if we were to break down below the 0.78 level, that could be rather negative, but I think that it’s probably going to be difficult to break down there as well. I think in general, this market will continue to be very noisy and very choppy. However, longer-term I have more of an upward bias, but it does seem as if some of the risk appetite is struggling around the world, so this could change rather rapidly. I believe that the Australian dollar is on the precipice of making a bigger move, but we need more clarity. It’s probably going to happen a few weeks down the road, so for the short term I believe it’s a lot of choppy back and forth between the 0.78 level and the 0.79 level.

About the Author

Being FXEmpire’s analyst since the early days of the website, Chris has over 20 years of experience across various markets and assets – currencies, indices, and commodities. He is a proprietary trader as well trading institutional accounts.

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