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AUD/USD Price Forecast – Australian dollar grinds higher on Monday

The Australian dollar rose slightly during the trading session on Monday, reaching towards the 0.7450 level. The market continues to be noisy overall, which of course makes sense as we have so many different headlines moving the markets right now.

The Australian dollar has rallied a bit during the day on Monday, showing signs of life again, but quite frankly I think there is a lot of resistance above. This is seen at the gap near the 0.7450 level, where I would expect to see a lot of sellers come in. Longer-term, we have several hammers on the weekly chart, so that of course shows a certain amount of support below, especially near the 0.7350 level. In general, this is a market that I think will continue to move on to risk appetite in trade war fears with Asia and particular focus.

Pay attention to the Gold markets as per usual, as gold has a major influence on the Aussie dollar, as is well known. I believe that there is a certain amount of support near the 0.74 level underneath, and of course if we break down below there we would see a lot of support just above the 0.7350 level based upon weekly charts. I don’t think we’ll break down below there, I think what we are looking at is a lot of consolidation in this general vicinity, as there seems to be a lot of confusion.

The 0.75 level above is resistance, so if we were to rally from here and break above that level, then we become more of a “buy-and-hold” type of situation. I think we are going to see a lot of noise right now, and that’s just the way it’s going to be in the foreseeable future. Employ a back-and-forth range bound strategy.

AUD/USD Video 17.07.18

This article was originally posted on FX Empire

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