{"id":436180,"date":"2026-08-13T22:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/audusd-is-ticking-to-the-upside-helped-by-risk-on-flows-and-technical-breaks-436180\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T22:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:40:11","slug":"audusd-is-ticking-to-the-upside-helped-by-risk-on-flows-and-technical-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/audusd-is-ticking-to-the-upside-helped-by-risk-on-flows-and-technical-breaks-436180\/","title":{"rendered":"AUDUSD is ticking to the upside helped by risk-on flows and technical breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\">The AUDUSD moved lower yesterday after the post-CPI run to new highs going back to June 5 stalled and reversed into the close.\u00a0 The selling pressure carried into today\u2019s session as the pair broke below both the 100-hour moving average at 0.70598 and the 100-day moving average at 0.7055. Sellers then pushed down toward the 200-hour moving average at 0.7045. Although the price briefly traded below that level by a pip, the break could not be sustained, and the pair quickly rebounded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\">\n<p>More recently, the broader risk-on environment has provided some support for the Australian dollar. US equities are moving higher, with the Nasdaq up 1.03%, the Nasdaq 100 up 1.35%, and the S&amp;P index trading at a new record high. At the same time, Treasury yields are moving sharply lower, with the 2-year yield down 6.7 basis points and the 10-year yield down 7.1 basis points. That combination has helped fuel renewed buying in the AUDUSD.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, the rebound has taken the price back above the key\u00a0100-day moving average at 0.7055 and the 100-hour moving average at 0.70598. That shifts the short-term technical picture back in the buyers&#8217; favor. The 100-day moving average at 0.7055 now becomes a key close-risk level for buyers. Staying above it keeps the buyers in play; a move back below would weaken the rebound and bring the 200-hour moving average at 0.7045 back into focus.<\/p>\n<p>Buyers are making a play. Can they keep the momentum going?<\/p>\n<p>On the topside, the next target comes at the 50% retracement of the move down from the May high at 0.70707. A break above that level would strengthen the bullish bias and open the door toward the swing highs from this week, culminating with yesterday\u2019s high at 0.7091.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the failed break below the 200-hour moving average and the subsequent recovery above the 100-day and 100-hour moving averages have given buyers the advantage. The challenge is now to stay above those reclaimed technical levels and extend the move through 0.70707.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AUDUSD moved lower yesterday after the post-CPI run to new highs going back to June 5 stalled and reversed into the close.\u00a0 The selling pressure carried into today\u2019s session as the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-436180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}