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CFDs are complex financial instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. CFDs are complex financial instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

FX levels to watch – EUR/USD, GBP/USD, AUD/USD

A quiet day awaits with US markets closed for Independence Day, but a dovish RBA has hit the Aussie hard.

Euro and dollar
Source: Bloomberg

EUR/USD takes a tumble

EUR/USD took a tumble yesterday, but remained above the weekly pivot at $1.1347. It tried to move below it this morning but, so far, buyers are holding it above this point. The $1.1366 area is the one to watch, being previous resistance from last August.

A daily close below that level would continue to reinforce the view that more downside is on the way here. Below $1.13 the drop could be dramatic, unwinding much of the ground gained since the beginning of May. 

GBP/USD loses ground

Yesterday’s drop for GBP/USD also stopped at the weekly pivot ($1.2921 in this case), so we have a level against which to trade. A close below this, on the daily chart, opens the way to the 50-day simple moving average (SMA) at $1.2869, and then down to $1.2775.

Any recovery faces the task of pushing through $1.3030, yesterday’s high, and on above $1.3048, the high from mid-May.

AUD/USD with potential to bounce

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) dovishness has prompted heavy losses for AUD/USD, but the price has now retraced to the 100-period SMA on the four-hour chart, and with momentum now heavily oversold the potential for a bounce is high.

A retracement and a new lower high below $0.77 would be needed to indicate that the sellers are back in control. 

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