Trading Support and Resistance – AUD/USD

This week I will begin with my monthly and weekly Forex forecast of the currency pairs worth watching. The first part of my forecast is based upon my research of the past 20 years of Forex prices, which show that the following methodologies have all produced profitable results:

Let us look at the relevant data of currency price changes and interest rates to date, which we compiled using a trade-weighted index of the major global currencies:

Currency Price Changes and Interest Rates

Monthly Forecast January 2023

For the month of January, I forecasted that the EUR/USD currency pair would rise in value and that the USD/JPY currency pair would fall in value.

The forecast performance is as follows:

January 2023 Forecast Performance to Date

Weekly Forecast 22nd January 2023

Last week, I made no weekly forecast. This week, I again make no weekly forecast, as there were no unusually strong truly counter-trend price movements in the market last week.

Directional volatility in the Forex market is likely to remain the same over the coming week.

Last week was dominated by relative strength in the New Zealand Dollar, and relative weakness in the Japanese Yen.

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Key Support/Resistance Levels for Popular Pairs

I teach that trades should be entered and exited at or very close to key support and resistance levels. There are certain key support and resistance levels that can be monitored on the more popular currency pairs this week.

Key Support and Resistance Levels

Let us see how trading one of these key pairs last week off key support and resistance levels could have worked out:

AUD/USD

I had expected the level at $0.7063 might act as resistance in the AUD/USD currency pair last week, as it had acted previously as both support and resistance. Note how these “role reversal” levels can work well. The H1 price chart below shows how the price rejected this level just after the start of last Wednesday’s New York session (which can often be a great time to enter Forex trades involving the US Dollar like this one) with a large engulfing candlestick, marked by the down arrow in the price chart below signaling the timing of this bearish rejection. This trade has been profitable, achieving a maximum positive reward to risk ratio of more than 2 to 1 so far based upon the size of the entry candlestick structure.

AUD/USD Hourly Price Chart

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Adam Lemon

Adam Lemon began his role at DailyForex in 2013 when he was brought in as an in-house Chief Analyst. Adam trades Forex, stocks and other instruments in his own account. Adam believes that it is very possible for retail traders/investors to secure a positive return over time provided they limit their risks, follow trends, and persevere through short-term losing streaks – provided only reputable brokerages are used. He has previously worked within financial markets over a 12-year period, including 6 years with Merrill Lynch.