Market Analysis
AUDUSD midweek: Aussie reclaims 0.6987 after Monday dip, 2026-07-13
AUDUSD trades at 0.69875 midweek, up roughly 46 pips from Monday's open, with a thin back-half calendar and the daily PBOC fix in focus.
2 min readUSDCHF trades at 0.8088 as of Wednesday's close, down about 5 pips from Monday's open at 0.80937. The pair set its high for the week at 0.8151 on Tuesday and its low at 0.80602 in the same session. The round trip leaves it flat to slightly lower, with Wednesday's range compressing to just 15 pips between 0.80797 and 0.80952.
The move higher into Tuesday's 0.8151 high was rejected hard, and the pair gave back the entire Monday advance. Wednesday's tone stayed cautious after the PBOC set a firmer yuan fix than the Reuters estimate. A stronger yuan reference rate tends to lean against broad dollar strength, and the thin Wednesday volume against the mid-50,000s earlier in the week shows traders stepping back rather than chasing.
The bundle carries no scheduled high-impact events for the back half of the week, so price action now hinges on dollar flow and the daily PBOC fix rather than a single data point. If the yuan keeps fixing firmer than estimate into Thursday and Friday, the dollar leg stays under pressure and 0.8060 comes back into view. If the fix softens and the dollar catches a bid, the Tuesday high at 0.8151 is the level bulls need to reclaim.
As of Wednesday, LHFX client positioning sits at 53.7 percent long against 46.3 percent short. That is a mild long lean, not a crowded one. It tells you consensus still expects the dollar to hold, but the near-even split leaves room for a move either way without triggering a stampede.
0.8080 is the pivot Wednesday. Hold it and the week's low at 0.80602 becomes the next test lower. Lose it cleanly and sellers have room toward that low. A reclaim of 0.8100 flips the short-term tone back toward the 0.8151 rejection zone, where the dollar failed on Tuesday. Traders watching the dollar leg can compare the move against EUR/USD, and you can track both instruments live in your LHFX account.
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