AUDUSD Technical Analysis – The greenback remains in the driving seat

Fundamental
Overview

The USD continues to reign
supreme despite the lack of catalysts. The main culprit for the recent strength
in the US Dollar has been the rally in long term Treasury yields. The yield
curve is bear flattening which is what you would expect with higher growth and
potentially higher inflation expectations.

The catalyst for this was
of course the latest FOMC decision and the US NFP report added fuel to the
fire. There’s also been a good argument that the markets are already
positioning for a Trump victory which is expected to strengthen the higher
growth and less rate cuts expectations.

For now, this is the trend
and it’s generally a bad idea to fight such trends without a catalyst.
Unfortunately, we don’t have much left for October as the main events will be
in the first weeks of November when we will get the top tier economic reports,
the US elections and the FOMC decision.

On the AUD side, the latest
data has been pretty strong with the Australian labour market report last week beating expectations by a
big margin. Although it didn’t change much in terms of interest rate
expectations, it reinforces the RBA’s hawkish stance.

AUDUSD
Technical Analysis – Daily Timeframe

On the daily chart, we can
see that AUDUSD is getting closer to the 0.6622 level. If the price gets there,
we can expect the buyers to step in with a defined risk below the level to
position for a rally back into the 0.68 handle. The sellers, on the other hand,
will want to see the price breaking lower to increase the bearish bets into the
0.64 handle next.

AUDUSD Technical
Analysis – 4 hour Timeframe

On the 4 hour chart, we can
see that the bearish momentum slowed down as the lower lows became shallower.
We have a downward trendline defining the current momentum. The
sellers will likely keep on leaning on it to position for new lows, while the
buyers will look for a break higher to start targeting the 0.68 handle.

AUDUSD Technical
Analysis – 1 hour Timeframe

On the 1 hour chart, we can
see that we have a minor support zone around the 0.6650 level. The sellers will
want to see the price breaking lower to increase the bearish bets into the
0.6622 level, while the buyers might try to step in for a pullback into the
trendline. The red lines define the average daily range for today.

Upcoming
Catalysts

Tomorrow we get the Australian and US Flash PMIs, and the US Jobless Claims figures.

This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at www.forexlive.com.