- Commodity currencies are on the backfoot for the open.
- AUD/USD bears seek a break of interim support.
With the Federal Open Market Committee and headlines regarding the Delta variant, the week ahead will be an important one from both a fundamental and technical perspective.
The watchlist for swing trading FX is heating up as volatility picks up from multi-month lows amidst broad US dollar strength:
With the US dollar smile theory also in play (net dollar value is long for the first time since the pandemic began), the commodity complex is set for a bumpy ride.
This leaves the commodity currency vulnerable, especially the Aussie, considering central bank divergences.
AUD/USD technical analysis
AUD/USD is facing headwinds across the time frames, from the monthly all the way down to the 4-hour chart.
On a monthly basis, the price has broken the monthly old resistance turned support, and the Japanese candlestick is on the path to close bearish at the end of this month:
From a weekly perspective, the candle closed bearish last week ending July 23, which leaves scope for a downside continuation in the days ahead:
On a daily perspective, the price has corrected 50% from the prior bearish impulse near 0.7390 and bears are looking for an imminent optimal short entry point on the lower time frames:
The 4-hour chart shows that the price is on the verge of breaking support below the 21 four-hour Exponential Moving Average (EMA) and, according to the FXStreet Technical Confluence Detector, below various strong confluences that would also be expected to act as resistance:
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Other correlated pairs on the watchlist
Meanwhile, we can see similar developments in NZD/USD and AUD/JPY:
AUD/JPY daily chart
- Prior Analysis, 07/23/2021: AUD/JPY Price Analysis: Daily resistance continues to hold
NZD/USD daily chart
- Prior Analysis 07/22/2021: NZD/USD Price Analysis: Bears seeking a daily downside extension
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