EUR/CHF to suffer a substantial drop on a break below 0.9840/0.9830 – SocGen

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EUR/CHF popped back above parity last week but slipped below 0.9950 again on Monday. The 0.9840/0.9830 area is crucial support, analysts at Société Générale report.

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“Currently, a pullback is taking shape however 50-DMA at 0.9920 should be first support.”

“In case the pair overcomes 1.0040, the bounce could extend towards January high of 1.0100 and 1.0220.”

“Only if recent low at 0.9840/0.9830 gets violated would there be a risk of a deeper downtrend.”

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