#AUDUSD @ 0.67136 licks its wounds at the lowest levels in two months. (Pivot Orderbook analysis)

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• AUD/USD licks its wounds at the lowest levels in two months.
• Australia’s Q2 GDP came in mixed, China trade data disappoints.
• Hawkish Fed bets, pessimism surrounding economic transition favor bears.
• Second-tier US data, Fedspeak will be important for fresh impulse ahead of RBA’s Lowe.

The pair currently trades last at 0.67136.

The previous day high was 0.6833 while the previous day low was 0.6727. The daily 38.2% Fib levels comes at 0.6767, expected to provide resistance. Similarly, the daily 61.8% fib level is at 0.6793, expected to provide resistance.

AUD/USD struggles to defend the 0.6700 intraday loss heading into Wednesday’s European session as risk-aversion joins softer data from Australia and China. Also exerting downside pressure on the Aussie pair are the hawkish Fed bets.

Although Australia’s second quarter (Q2) Gross Domestic Product rose to 3.6% YoY versus 3.5% market consensus and 3.3% prior, softer QoQ prints of 0.9% compared to 1.0% expected and 0.8% previous readings weighed on the AUD/USD prices. In doing so, the Aussie pair ignored price-positive comments from Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers who said, “There are still significant reasons to be optimistic about the economy.”

That said, “China’s exports growth weakened in August, as surging inflation crippled overseas demand and fresh COVID curbs and heatwaves disrupted production, reviving downside risks for the economy,” per Reuters. The news also mentioned that the exports rose 7.1% in August from a year earlier, slowing from an 18.0% gain in July, official customs data showed on Wednesday. The reading missed analysts’ expectations for a 12.8% increase.

On the other hand, the US Treasury yields rally to a fresh multi-day high to propel the US Dollar Index (DXY) towards renewing the two-decade top. The same joins hawkish Fed bets to weigh on the market sentiment and weigh on the AUD/USD prices. That said, the Fed Fund Futures print 75% chance of a 0.75% rate hike in September while the CME’s FedWatch Tool signals 72.0% chance of 50 basis points (bps) Fed rate hike in September versus 57% one-day ago.

Amid these plays, S&P 500 Futures that drops to the fresh low in seven weeks, down 0.55% intraday around 3,890 at the latest.

Looking forward, the monthly prints of the US trade balance and Fed Beige Book updates could entertain AUD/USD traders ahead of early Thursday’s speech from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe. However, major attention will be given to the various Fed speakers scheduled for public appearances in the next two days, including Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.

Nearly oversold RSI conditions test AUD/USD bears near the yearly low marked in July, close to 0.6680. Even so, a one-week-old descending resistance line, around 0.6805 by the press time, challenges the recovery moves.

Technical Levels: Supports and Resistances

AUDUSD currently trading at 0.6848 at the time of writing. Pair opened at 0.6735 and is trading with a change of 1.68% % .

The pair remains strongly bearish on the daily time frame. It trades below the 20 SMA @ 0.6922, 50 SMA 0.69, 100 SMA @ 0.6986 and 200 SMA @ 0.712.

The previous day high was 0.6833 while the previous day low was 0.6727. The daily 38.2% Fib levels comes at 0.6767, expected to provide resistance. Similarly, the daily 61.8% fib level is at 0.6793, expected to provide resistance.

Note the levels of interest below:

• Pivot support is noted at 0.6697, 0.6659, 0.6591
• Pivot resistance is noted at 0.6803, 0.6871, 0.6909

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