#AUDUSD @ 0.67630 faces rejection near the 100-day SMA and retreats from a multi-week high. (Pivot Orderbook analysis)

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• AUD/USD faces rejection near the 100-day SMA and retreats from a multi-week high.
• The risk-off impulse weighs on the risk-sensitive Aussie amid a modest USD strength.
• The Fed’s less hawkish outlook could cap the USD and help limit losses for the major.

The pair currently trades last at 0.67630.

The previous day high was 0.6804 while the previous day low was 0.674. The daily 38.2% Fib levels comes at 0.6779, expected to provide resistance. Similarly, the daily 61.8% fib level is at 0.6764, expected to provide resistance.

The AUD/USD pair continues with its struggle to make it through the 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) and attracts some sellers on Tuesday, snapping a six-day winning streak to over a three-week high touched the previous day. The pair maintains its offered tone through the first half of the European session and is currently placed near the daily low, just above mid-0.6700s.

The mixed Chinese Trade Balance data, showing a decline in imports by 1.4% and a slower growth of 8.5% in exports, fuel scepticism over a faster recovery in the world’s second-largest economy. This, in turn, tempers investors’ appetite for riskier assets, which is evident from a generally weaker tone around the equity markets, and undermines the risk-sensitive Aussie. Apart from this, some follow-through US Dollar (USD) buying for the second straight day exerts some downward pressure on the AUD/USD pair.

The Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS) released on Monday showed that tightening credit conditions was due to the aggressive rate hikes rather than severe banking sector stress. This, in turn, eased fears about a full-blown banking crisis in the US and led to the overnight sharp rally in the US Treasury bond yields. Furthermore, the risk-off impulse is seen as another factor benefitting the safe-haven Greenback, though the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) less hawkish stance might cap gains.

In fact, the US central bank last week opened the door for an imminent pause in its year-long rate-hiking cycle and outlined a more stringent, data-driven approach to raising rates further. Moreover, Fed Chair Jerome Powell signalled that the central bank was close to hitting the terminal rate of the current tightening cycle. This, along with the fact that markets have been pricing in the possibility of potential rate cuts during the second half of this year, keeps a lid on the US bond yields and acts as a headwind for the Greenback.

The Australian Dollar (AUD), on the other hand, might continue to draw support from the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) surprise 25-basis-points interest-rate hike last week. Adding to this, the Australian central bank indicated that some further tightening of monetary policy may be required to ensure that inflation returns to target in a reasonable timeframe. This, in turn, might hold back traders from placing aggressive bearish bets around the AUD/USD pair and help limit any further losses, at least for the time being.

Market participants might also prefer to wait on the sidelines ahead of the release of the latest US consumer inflation figures on Wednesday. The crucial US CPI report will play a key role in influencing expectations about the Fed’s next policy move, which, in turn, will drive the USD demand and provide a fresh directional impetus to the AUD/USD pair. This further makes it prudent to wait for strong follow-through selling before confirming that spot prices have topped out and positioning for a meaningful corrective slide.

Technical Levels: Supports and Resistances

AUDUSD currently trading at 0.6756 at the time of writing. Pair opened at 0.6785 and is trading with a change of -0.43 % .

The pair is trading above its 20 Daily moving average @ 0.6688, above its 50 Daily moving average @ 0.6685 , below its 100 Daily moving average @ 0.6789 and above its 200 Daily moving average @ 0.6728

The previous day high was 0.6804 while the previous day low was 0.674. The daily 38.2% Fib levels comes at 0.6779, expected to provide resistance. Similarly, the daily 61.8% fib level is at 0.6764, expected to provide resistance.

Note the levels of interest below:

• Pivot support is noted at 0.6749, 0.6712, 0.6685
• Pivot resistance is noted at 0.6812, 0.684, 0.6876

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