AUDUSD Analysis

Introduction

The AUD/USD is a commodity-linked currency pair, with the Australian Dollar driven by commodity exports such as iron ore, coal, and gold. The pair is sensitive to global risk sentiment, and its price typically rises when global demand for raw materials increases. The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) interest rate decisions also play a major role in the AUD/USD’s movements. Additionally, the AUD has a strong correlation with the Chinese Yuan, due to Australia's significant trade relations with China.

Fundamentals and Interest Rates

The Reserve Bank of Australia policy is Hawkish with the (RBA) current Interest rate 4.35%. Latest change was May 05, 2026 (25bp)%.
On that side the Federal Reserve policy is Dovish and (FED) has set its interest rate to 3.75% by latest change, Dec 10, 2025 (-25bp).
(RBA) Higher interest rates generally lead to higher returns on investments denominated in AUD. This tends to attract foreign capital into AUD assets.

Based on the economic and macro fundamental data, The Fundamental Bias of AUD is Moderate Bearish and for the USD is Strong Bullish.
Ziwox considering Strong Bearish bias for this asset and we expect prices to decline in the long-term.
mid-term Fundamental Score for AUD is 16. and Fundamental Score for USD is -10. So, base on the Fundamental Score, we predict mid-term upside price movement.

Market Overview & Performance

In the current trading session, "Sydney & Tokyo", Market risk sentiment is Risk-ON. The Yen and New Zealand Dollar recorded the strongest performance, while the Gold and Switzerland Frank are weakest so far.

Currencies performance vs US dollar "USD"
Gold "XAU", recorded a -1.31% decrease against us dollar.
Euro "EUR", performance has been 0.05% up so far
Pond "GBP", performance has been 0.15% up as of now
Australian dollar "AUD", has risen by 0.07%
New Zealand dollar "NZD", has risen by 0.27%
Japanese YEN "JPY", experienced 1.72% rise
Swiss franc "CHF", experienced -0.16% fall so far
Canadian dollar "CAD", has lost -0.02%
Market risk sentiment is ON, This means Investors embrace risk, driving demand for riskier assets and higher-yielding currencies while safe-haven assets weaken.Due to the market risk sentiment, AUDUSD price increase is likely. Becasue investors are optimistic and willing to take higher risk on AUD and leading to increased demand for riskier assets like stocks, commodities, and higher-yielding currencies. Safe-haven assets like the USD, JPY, and gold typically weaken as confidence grows.

Market Sentiment and Positioning

AUD COT (Commitments of Traders):

Institutions Net Position on >Australian Dollar is -39964 included 67819 long, 107783 short and -2279 position changed from last week.
So they mainly have a bearish view on this asset and sold AUD for lower prices in long-term.
Last week -2279 repositioning Indicates more sell positions and price pressure in short-term.

USD COT (Commitments of Traders):

Institutions Net Position on >U.S. Dollar Index is 17197 included 35339 long, 18142 short and 1583 position changed from last week.
So they mainly have a bullish view on this asset and bought USD for higher prices in long-term.
Last week 1583 repositioning Indicates that they are optimistic about higher prices in mid-term.

Retail Traders:

Crowd traders or Retail traders are bullish on the AUDUSD with 34% 66% ratio. 0 long pos and 0 short position.
We generally adopt a contrarian approach towards crowd sentiment and we give probability AUDUSD prices may continue to rise.

Technical Levels and Support/Resistance

The AUDUSD pair is approaching a critical technical support level near 0.69595.
Technical trend is BUY, If the pair continues to weaken, this support could become a good area to enter a long positions.
On the upside, there is key resistance near 0.70876. Technically, A break above this resistance could signal a shift in momentum, but need to get a confirmation in this area due to the reversal or correction potential.