EUR/USD Price Analysis: Pullback remains elusive beyond golden ratio around 0.9950

EUR/USD retreats towards intraday low during two-week uptrend, mildly bid after falling the most in three weeks.
Clear downside break of weekly bullish channel directs bears towards 200-SMA.
Fresh upside needs validation from 1.0040 before aiming for September’s top.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

EUR/USD pares the consecutive second weekly gain as it slides to 0.9970 heading into Friday’s European session.

In doing so, the major currency pair justifies the previous day’s downside break of a one-week-old bullish channel to direct bears toward the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level of the quote’s fall in September.

It’s worth noting that the bearish MACD and mostly steady RSI (14) keep the sellers hopeful of breaking the immediate Fibonacci retracement level, also known as the golden ratio near 0.9950, which in turn could direct prices towards the 50% Fibonacci retracement level of 0.9870. However, the 200-SMA level surrounding 0.9830 could challenge the EUR/USD bears afterward.

In a case where the quote remains weak past 0.9830, a one-month-old ascending trend line precedes the five-week-long horizontal region to challenge the pair’s further downside around 0.9720 and 0.9670 in that order.

Meanwhile, recovery moves need to cross the previous support line of the aforementioned channel, around 1.0050 at the latest.

Even so, the monthly high near 1.0095 and the 1.0100 threshold could test the EUR/USD bulls before directing them to the previous monthly peak of 1.0198.

EUR/USD: Four-hour chart

Trend: Limited downside expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	0.9974
Today Daily Change	0.0009
Today Daily Change %	0.09%
Today daily open	0.9965

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.9832
Daily SMA50	0.9891
Daily SMA100	1.0088
Daily SMA200	1.0511

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.0094
Previous Daily Low	0.9958
Previous Weekly High	0.9876
Previous Weekly Low	0.9705
Previous Monthly High	1.0198
Previous Monthly Low	0.9536
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.001
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.0042
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.9917
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.9869
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.9781
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.0053
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.0142
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.0189

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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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