AUD/USD Price Analysis: Renews weekly top above 0.7200, inverse H&S in the offing

• AUD/USD remains firmer around one-week high during three-day uptrend.
• Firmer RSI, sustained trading beyond 200-SMA keeps buyers hopeful.
• Confirmation of bullish chart pattern becomes necessary for further upside.
• The monthly support line adds to the downside filters.

AUD/USD picks up bids to refresh one-week high around 0.7215, up 0.16% intraday during Thursday’s Asian session. In doing so, the Aussie pair rises for the third consecutive day while also bracing for a third consecutive weekly gain.

It’s worth noting that the risk barometer pair’s performance during the last one-month teases an inverse Head-and-Shoulders (H&S) bullish chart pattern.

Given the quote’s successful break of the 200-SMA, coupled with the upbeat RSI, the AUD/USD prices are well-directed to the stated formation’s neckline, around 0.7245.

However, a clear upside break of the 0.7245 will boost buyer’s morale with a 300-pip theoretical target based on the H&S pattern.

For the short-term, the monthly peak of 0.7250 and January’s high near 0.7315 could lure the pair buyers.

Alternatively, pullback moves remain elusive beyond the 200-SMA level of 0.7161, a break of which will direct AUD/USD sellers towards an upward sloping trend line from February 01, close to 0.7100 by the press time.

In a case where the quote drops below 0.7100, the odds of its southward trajectory targeting the sub-0.7000 area can’t be ruled out.

AUD/USD: Four-hour chart

Trend: Further upside expected