The Aussie dollar remains bid but show strong hesitation at 0.8000 resistance which was dented on Tue/Wed’s spikes to 0.8028/20 but so far without close above. In addition, long-legged Doji that was left on Wednesday supports the notion. The pair came under pressure overnight after Australian Retail Sales miss (0.0% in July vs 0.3% forecast) but dips were limited so far at 0.7974, keeping intact rising 10SMA (currently at 0.7960) which marks initial support. Daily techs are in full bullish setup and supportive for further advance, but close above 0.8000 is required to generate bullish signal for extension towards key barrier at 0.8065 (23 July new 26-month high) and extension of broader uptrend on break. On the other side, repeated failure at 0.8000 would risk extended consolidation which needs to hold above 0.7960/50 supports (10SMA/daily Tenkan-sen) and keep immediate bulls intact. Otherwise, break lower would signal recovery stall and stronger pullback which would expose daily Kijun-sen (0.7918) and daily cloud top (0.7894)
Res: 0.8028, 0.8042, 0.8065, 0.8100
Sup: 0.7974, 0.7960, 0.7950, 0.7918
