EUR/USD Price Analysis: Defends 1.1800 on the way to two-month-old support

EUR/USD stays pressured after reversing from three-week-old resistance line.
Bearish MACD adds to the downside momentum towards a descending support trend line from early May.
Yearly bottom can lure bears below the support line, bulls may refrain entries below horizontal line from March 11.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

EUR/USD bears take a breather around 1.1820, following the heaviest daily fall in over two weeks, amid Wednesday’s Asian session. The currency major took a U-turn from a short-term falling trend line the previous day to recall the bears.

The downward trajectory also took clues from bearish MACD, suggesting further weakness towards a descending support line from May 05, around 1.1790-85. However, the 1.1800 threshold may offer an intermediate halt.

If at all the bears remain dominating past 1.1785, the yearly low surrounding the 1.1700 round figure, flashed in March, could return to the charts.

Meanwhile, an upside break of the stated resistance line, around 1.1890, will precede 1.1900 and a horizontal hurdle since early March near 1.1990–2000 to challenge EUR/USD bulls.

It should, however, be noted that a clear upside move past the 1.2000 psychological magnet will be a call to the pair buyers targeting the 1.2100 resistance level, close to early June lows.

Overall, EUR/USD remains on the south run but intermediate bounces can’t be ignored.

EUR/USD: Daily chart

Trend: Further downside expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	1.1821
Today Daily Change	-0.0042
Today Daily Change %	-0.35%
Today daily open	1.1863

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.1979
Daily SMA50	1.2077
Daily SMA100	1.2017
Daily SMA200	1.2003

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.188
Previous Daily Low	1.1852
Previous Weekly High	1.1944
Previous Weekly Low	1.1807
Previous Monthly High	1.2254
Previous Monthly Low	1.1845
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.1863
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.1869
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.1849
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.1836
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.182
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.1878
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.1894
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.1907

Author

Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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