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The AUD/USD[1] rebound following the 2019 currency market flash-crash has been capped by the 200-Day SMA (0.6909), with the exchange rate staging multiple failed attempts to break/close above the moving average throughout the year.

AUDUSD Daily Chart

The behavior looks poised to persist in 2020 as a similar scenario takes shape in December. Keep in mind, the negative slope in the simple moving average dates to 2018 when AUD[2]/USD[3] carved a double top formation between September 2017 and January 2018.

--- Written by David Song, Currency Strategist

Follow me on Twitter at @DavidJSong.

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