• AUD/USD Price Analysis: Bears and bulls about to standoff at key 0.6850s

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16 February 2023

AUD/USD Price Analysis: Bears and bulls about to standoff at key 0.6850s

  • AUD/USD bears are coming in form the resistance in the hour time frame. 
  • Bulls are lurking below the lows and eye an opportunity to balance the books. 

AUD/USD has stalled on the bid and has been making tracks to the downside in the last couple of hours in the hunt for territory below 0.685o lows. The pair needs to get below there or face immediate p[pressures to the upside for the bulls searching for money above 0.6920. The following illustrates the market structure and the developments over the course of this week's template and arrives at a semi-bullish bias for the end of the week. 

AUD/USD H1 chart

AUD/USD has been in the hands of the bears throughout the course of this week with 0.6850 standing in the way of the final push lower. However, given the build-up of shorts, this could be an overstretched position in the spot market and it might warrant a sizeable correction to balance the books into the weekend: 

 

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