Australian Dollar Vs US greenback, Japanese Yen, Euro, British Pound – Price Action Setups:
- AUD has rebounded from oversold circumstances in opposition to its friends.
- EUR/AUD and GBP/AUD faces stiff boundaries.
- AUD/JPY stays inside its well-established vary.
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The Australian greenback has rebounded in opposition to a few of its friends because the Reserve Bank of Australia unexpectedly raised curiosity the money price by 25 foundation factors at its assembly on Tuesday. Is this an indication that AUD is gearing up for a bigger retracement? Probably not but.
AUD has risen throughout the board in opposition to its G10 friends since Friday forward of the RBA’s rate of interest determination – a chance highlighted within the earlier replace. See “Australian Dollar Price Action: AUD/USD, EUR/AUD, AUD/JPY, GBP/AUD”, printed April 27.
RBA raised the benchmark price to three.85% on Tuesday from 3.6% and stored the door open for extra price hikes to tame worth pressures. “Looking forward, some further tightening of monetary policy may be required to ensure that inflation returns to target in a reasonable timeframe,” RBA Governor Philip Lowe stated.
Data launched final month confirmed Australia’s CPI rose to 7% on-year within the January-March quarter, Vs 6.9% anticipated, from 7.8% within the earlier quarter. Price pressures eased in March to six.3% on-year Vs 6.5% anticipated, down from 6.8% in February, however properly above the central financial institution’s goal band of two%-3%. Markets at the moment are pricing in round roughly an equal probability of one other 25-basis factors hike by August.
On technical charts, whereas circumstances for a reduction in AUD’s slide in opposition to it friends are getting in place, by itself, the current worth motion isn’t sufficient to recommend that the worst for AUD is over, particularly in opposition to EUR and GBP.
EUR/AUD Daily Chart
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EUR/AUD – Retreats from a key barrier
EUR/AUD has pulled again from a troublesome hurdle on the October 2020 excessive of 1.6825, roughly coinciding with the higher fringe of a rising channel from mid-2022. Interestingly, market range, as measured by fractal dimensions, seems to be low as EUR/AUD hit a multi-month excessive final month. Fractal dimensions measure the distribution of range. When the measure hits the decrease certain, sometimes 1.25-1.30 relying on the market, it signifies extraordinarily low range as market members wager in the identical route, elevating the chances of a worth reversal. For EUR/AUD, the 65-day fractal dimension fell under the brink of 1.27, very near the crimson flag decrease threshold of 1.25. (See chart.)
EUR/AUD Daily Chart
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To make certain, the retreat in current days isn’t sufficient to conclude that the uptrend is over. Indeed, the cross continues to be guided by a rising channel from early 2023. Only a break under converged assist at 1.58-1.61, together with the 89-day shifting common and the decrease fringe of the Ichimoku cloud on the every day charts, would elevate the chances of a bigger (downward) correction.
GBP/AUD Daily Chart
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GBP/AUD: Overbought circumstances because the cross nears a cap
GBP/AUD is displaying some indicators of exhaustion because it nears a stiff barrier on a horizontal trendline from 2021, at about 1.9150. Market range in GBP/AUD seems to be low – hit the decrease threshold of 1.25 final week, flashing a crimson flag. Having stated that, the pattern stays bullish regardless of the transient retreat in current days. Only a break under 1.8100-1.8250 space would elevate the chance of a deeper retreat.
GBP/AUD Daily Chart
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AUD/JPY: Well throughout the vary
A taking pictures star candlestick sample on the every day candlestick charts at stable resistance on the 200-day shifting common isn’t an encouraging signal for bulls. Still, AUD/JPY stays properly throughout the well-established vary of 86.00-93.00. For the upward momentum to maintain, the cross would want to crack the February excessive of 93.00.
AUD/USD Daily Chart
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— Written by Manish Jaradi, Strategist for DailyFX.com
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