EUR/USD Price Analysis: A failure to resist above 200-DMA recalls the sellers

EUR/USD failed to close Wednesday above 200-DMA at 1.1890.
21-DMA at 1.1853 back in sight for EUR sellers.
Bearish RSI, USD rebound keep EUR/USD vulnerable.

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

EUR/USD is holding the lower ground while hovering within Wednesday’s trading range in early Asian dealings, as the US dollar remains broadly in demand amid tepid close on Wall Street.

Markets weigh in US President Joe Biden’s remarks on his infrastructure plans, FOMC minutes and a recovery in the Treasury yields heading into the earnings season and Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech.

From a near-term technical perspective, EUR/USD did take out the 200-daily moving average (DMA) at 1.1890 but failed to sustain above the latter.

Sellers returned and prompted the spot to finish the day near just above the 1.1860 level. The major currently trades at 1.1870, almost unchanged on the day.

The 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) trades flat just below the 50.00 level, suggesting that the bearish bias remains intact for EUR/USD.

Therefore, a test of the 21-DMA at 1.1853 remains on the cards following a breach of Wednesday’s low of 1.1861.

Further south, Tuesday’s low of 1.1795 could be put at risk.

EUR/USD: Daily chart

Meanwhile, the sellers remain hopeful so long as the main currency pair holds below the 200-DMA.

A sustained break above the latter is needed to revive the recovery momentum towards the bearish 50-DMA at 1.1973.

EUR/USD: Additional levels

EUR/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.1871
Today Daily Change	-0.0003
Today Daily Change %	-0.03
Today daily open	1.1875

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.1855
Daily SMA50	1.1983
Daily SMA100	1.2054
Daily SMA200	1.1887

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.1878
Previous Daily Low	1.1795
Previous Weekly High	1.1794
Previous Weekly Low	1.1704
Previous Monthly High	1.2113
Previous Monthly Low	1.1704
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.1846
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.1827
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.1821
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.1767
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.1738
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.1903
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.1932
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.1986

Author

Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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