FX.co ★ AUD/USD Intraday Technical Analysis & Trade Recommendations for January 5, 2012

AUD/USD currency pair has a good supply zone extending between 1.0311 - 1.0438 marked on the chart.

Also there's the upper limit of the long-term bearish channel situated near this supply zone.

Today we see bearish reaction towards this zone which gives confirmation of the bearish view.

On the 4H chart, we see that the pair formed a small double top pattern at our mentioned zone.

During the last 4H candlestick, AUD/USD managed to confirm the reversal pattern with 4H closure below 1.0311.

This gives a short opportunity at 1.0311 with SL daily closure above 1.0438.

TP should be at 1.0250, 1.0180 then 1.0080 then may extend down to 1.0000.