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MNI DAILY TECHNICAL ANALYSIS - AUD Bear Trend Intact

Price Signal Summary – AUD Bear Trend Intact

  • S&P E-Minis continue to trade below their recent highs. Short-term weakness is - for now - considered corrective and the uptrend remains intact. Price has again traded through support at the 20-day EMA, at 5841.37. A clear breach of this EMA would open 5765.76. Eurostoxx 50 futures have traded lower this week. Yesterday’s sell-off resulted in a breach of support at 4914.00, the Oct 16 low. Note that 4884.06, 38.2% of the Aug 5 - Sep 30 bull cycle, has been pierced.
  • The trend theme in GBPUSD is unchanged, it remains bearish and short-term gains are considered corrective. Recent weakness resulted in a breach of 1.2959, the 61.8% retracement of the Aug 8 - Sep 25 bull leg. The trend condition in USDJPY remains bullish and despite today’s pullback, the pair continues to trade closer to its recent highs. Recent gains have confirmed a resumption of the current uptrend. Price has traded through 153.40, 61.8% of the downleg posted off the July 3rd high. A bear cycle in AUDUSD remains intact and the pair traded to a fresh cycle low again, yesterday. The extension reinforces the current downtrend. A key support at 0.6622, the Sep 11 low, has been breached, strengthening a bearish theme.
  • The trend condition in Gold is unchanged and bulls remain in the driver’s seat. The latest climb has resulted in a breach of $2685.6, the Sep 26 high, confirming a resumption of the primary uptrend and maintaining the price sequence of higher highs and higher lows. A bearish theme in WTI futures remains intact and this week’s move lower reinforces this theme. A continuation down would expose $65.99, the Oct 1 low, and $64.16, the Sep 10 low and a key support. For bulls, a clear reversal would refocus attention on the key short-term resistance at $77.70.
  • A bearish theme in Bund futures remains intact and the contract traded lower Wednesday. Price has breached a recent support at 132.58, the Oct 22 low. The break, together with yesterday’s sell-off, confirms a resumption of the downtrend that started early October. Gilt futures traded in a volatile manner yesterday. The steep sell-off from Wednesday’s intraday high, reinforces a bearish condition and confirms a resumption of the current downtrend. The contract has traded through the 95.00 handle and sights are set on 94.23.

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Price Signal Summary – AUD Bear Trend Intact

  • S&P E-Minis continue to trade below their recent highs. Short-term weakness is - for now - considered corrective and the uptrend remains intact. Price has again traded through support at the 20-day EMA, at 5841.37. A clear breach of this EMA would open 5765.76. Eurostoxx 50 futures have traded lower this week. Yesterday’s sell-off resulted in a breach of support at 4914.00, the Oct 16 low. Note that 4884.06, 38.2% of the Aug 5 - Sep 30 bull cycle, has been pierced.
  • The trend theme in GBPUSD is unchanged, it remains bearish and short-term gains are considered corrective. Recent weakness resulted in a breach of 1.2959, the 61.8% retracement of the Aug 8 - Sep 25 bull leg. The trend condition in USDJPY remains bullish and despite today’s pullback, the pair continues to trade closer to its recent highs. Recent gains have confirmed a resumption of the current uptrend. Price has traded through 153.40, 61.8% of the downleg posted off the July 3rd high. A bear cycle in AUDUSD remains intact and the pair traded to a fresh cycle low again, yesterday. The extension reinforces the current downtrend. A key support at 0.6622, the Sep 11 low, has been breached, strengthening a bearish theme.
  • The trend condition in Gold is unchanged and bulls remain in the driver’s seat. The latest climb has resulted in a breach of $2685.6, the Sep 26 high, confirming a resumption of the primary uptrend and maintaining the price sequence of higher highs and higher lows. A bearish theme in WTI futures remains intact and this week’s move lower reinforces this theme. A continuation down would expose $65.99, the Oct 1 low, and $64.16, the Sep 10 low and a key support. For bulls, a clear reversal would refocus attention on the key short-term resistance at $77.70.
  • A bearish theme in Bund futures remains intact and the contract traded lower Wednesday. Price has breached a recent support at 132.58, the Oct 22 low. The break, together with yesterday’s sell-off, confirms a resumption of the downtrend that started early October. Gilt futures traded in a volatile manner yesterday. The steep sell-off from Wednesday’s intraday high, reinforces a bearish condition and confirms a resumption of the current downtrend. The contract has traded through the 95.00 handle and sights are set on 94.23.

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