Australian Dollar Price Action Setups: AUD/USD, AUD/JPY, GBP/AUD

The Australian dollar continues to hold firm across major pairs, but momentum is starting to diverge beneath the surface. While AUD/USD remains trapped within a well-defined range, AUD/JPY is testing key support within its broader uptrend, and GBP/AUD is flashing signs of a potential swing high.

These setups point to a market at an inflection point, where range strategies remain valid for now—but breakout or reversal risks are building across key AUD crosses.

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AUD/USD Technical Analysis: Australian Dollar vs US Dollar

The battler has continued to defy gravity in recent weeks despite many calling – myself included – with a pullback. Yet AUD/USD has lacked the basic step of breaking outside of its choppy range between the 2024 and 2023 highs. And until it does, range-trading strategies are preferred on Australian dollar.

Monday’s long-legged doji respected a high-volume node (HVN) without quite touching the 69c and reverting higher. Tuesday’s inside candle is a small bullish hammer to suggest bullish pressure could be building within its choppy range.

While options traders continue to price in the worse and lean heavily towards downside protection, the downside tail risk is actually forming a bullish divergence with AUD/USD prices. SO until we see a break or daily close beat 69c, AUD/USD stands chance of a bounce.

Source: LSEG

GBP/AUD Technical Analysis: British Pound vs Australian Dollar

While the British pound has been benefiting from a countertrend bounce against the Australian dollar, a swing high could be forming on the GBP/AUD daily chart. A shooting star candle formed on Tuesday, with the daily high respecting the confluence of the 50-day EMA, weekly high-volume node (HVN), and 38.2% Fibonacci retracement as resistance, before closing back below the November high. Note also that RSI (2) is deeply in overbought territory.

A single candle such as a shooting star is not enough to confirm whether a return to the broader bearish trend is underway, or if this simply marks a minor pullback within a deeper corrective move higher. However, the fact it formed at a key resistance cluster increases the probability of at least a near-term pullback for GBP/AUD.

Source: ICE, TradingView

AUD/JPY Technical Analysis: Australian Dollar vs Japanese Yen

The uptrend on the daily chart for AUD/JPY remains well defined, although momentum has recently turned against it. Still, a nearby support cluster sits around the 110 handle, the 50-day EMA, and the 1991 and 2024 highs. The daily RSI (2) is also within oversold territory.

A minor bullish divergence has formed on the RSI (14) on the 4-hour chart, while prices have found support at the 200-bar EMA. Momentum is also attempting to turn higher on this timeframe.

Ultimately, I am looking for a swing low to form on AUD/JPY—whether around current levels or closer to the 110 support zone—to bring momentum back in line with the broader daily uptrend.

Source: ICE, TradingView

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-- Written by Matt Simpson

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