The doji suggested indecisiveness or apprehension as the market traders even out on both sides of the bid. The lower bollinger band remains as the immediate support with an extended push likely to target the previous low of 0.6820.

Any bullish return will as usual need to breach the middle bollinger band first.


Fundamental Analysis

The Australian retail sales came out worst than expected. I mentioned before that consumer sales is an important indicator of the economy. This disappointing release likely dampened sentiments. A number of investors were even speculating that this may push the Reserve Bank of Australia down the path of an interest cut.

The current slow down condition of China is adding to the drag on the Australian economy. This is inevitable as China is the largest trading partner of Australia.

In the US, the US Non-Farm Payroll added less job than expected. Having said so, it remained positive and hence gave the AUD/USD little impact versus the poor Australian Retail Sales.

Next week continues the line up of important economic events. Both the US Federal Reserve and Reserve Bank of Australia tops are scheduled to speak. We also have the US unemployment claims, retail sales at the end of the week and more.

Trade safely.