oops spoke too soon! Or did I? - updated (charts added)

Published on Tuesday March 16th, 2010 at 07:05PM by colstreamer

OK so I posted a blog a while back about how I thought the aussie (AUD/USD) was headed south. A double top formation around the end of march which lead to a nice downward movement seemed to prove me right so I added to my blog and started feeling confident and thinking I was teh best and such but then? Damned if that bloody pair didn't just go right back up! Not only did it go up again but it went even higher! How wrong was I? You ever get that? When you've been so sure about something then you find out you were wrong? Not a nice feeling! Lol! Seriously though, was I really wrong? I still feel overall that the aussie could stand to go down, looking at the weekly chart you can see price found support at the 23% fib retracement line from 2009's long uptrend. This kinda imlies I was wrong and that price could stand to go higher. Bear in mind if you will though the highest the pair has gone for quite while is it's high of 0.9837 back in 2008 just before it started a massive bear run. this was most largley due to the onset of the global recession when USdollar buying was all the rage? (duh!) Although it's currency dropped drastically after july 2008 Australia wasn't hit particularly hard by the recession, the aussie regained much of what it had lost the following year and even though it found support at the 23% fib line in the early months of 2010, it has since gone on to form a rising wedge, which could mean another bearish move. Don't get me wrong, this pair seems to like moving in one direction for a long while and takes a while to change direction, so it could go up to 0.9300 or even above that before it breaks out. Even then it could still break out t9o the upside and make yet newer yearly highs, possibly even a new high for the decade/ century (coo that sounds like a long time doesn't it?) Maybe the ausie is destined to rise, maybe it'll fall back some... I'm gonna keep my eye on this pair and see how it develops I'll also see if I can upload the charts I used for my analysis. For some reason the site won't let me at the moment

OK so I've now added the charts I used for my analysis.This blog isn't finished yet as I have yet to mention the fundamental aspects which affect the pair... I'll get back to this in a bit
  • 6 comments
  • Go to ronacoba's profile

    On Tuesday March 16th, 2010 at 09:48PM by ronacoba

    I would love to see the charts that you use in your analysis! Keep us posted on that! Thanks!
  • Go to keicadelina's profile

    On Wednesday March 17th, 2010 at 02:53AM by keicadelina

    I think the AUD is still able to benefit from carry trades especially since the RBA is aggressive with rate hikes while the Fed isn't. On a technical note, there's a descending trend line on the AUDUSD daily chart so that could send the pair lower. But if it breaks through... New yearly highs could be in store. Just a few thoughts, haha :)
  • Go to colstreamer's profile

    On Wednesday March 17th, 2010 at 06:17AM by colstreamer

    @Ron Here are the charts I used. please let me know what you think. :-)
  • Go to colstreamer's profile

    On Wednesday March 17th, 2010 at 06:32AM by colstreamer

    @Kei, thanks, yeah I haven't touched on the fundamentals yet but I feel they will of course have a large part to play.
  • Go to ronacoba's profile

    On Wednesday March 17th, 2010 at 11:36PM by ronacoba

    Based on your charts, I see a rising wedge forming. If the pair breaks the pattern's support, the pair could be heading for a long ride down south. That's just my opinion though. Anything can still happen. Hehe.
  • Go to colstreamer's profile

    On Thursday March 18th, 2010 at 05:32AM by colstreamer

    @Ron yeah that was what I thought although I feel this pair could surprise us and move northwards maybe even past the 0.9400 mark

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