AUD/USD Technical Analysis August 17, 2011

The AUD/USD pair fell on Tuesday as the markets in general did, but then found a bid late in the day to form a bit of a hammer. Although it is at the top of the recent range, the candle means the same thing – potential bullishness. One of two things can happen here: Either the candle breaks to the upside, and we see that as a bullish move up to about 1.0750 or so, or we get a break to the downside, making that candle a “hanging man”, a very bearish signal indeed. The trend is up, so knowing that – you know which direction is more likely. However, waiting until one of the ends of the candle gets broken is the wise thing to do.

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