EUR/USD Price Analysis: Trims some weekly losses, meanders at 1.1250 as traders head into the weekend

The euro edges down 0.58% so far in the week, after falling in three of the week’s five trading days.
The EUR/USD reached a 2022 YTD low at 1.1106 on Thursday.
EUR/USD Technical Outlook: The pair is downward biased.

Christian Borjon Valencia FXStreet

On Friday, the EUR/USD trims some of its weekly losses, recording gains of 0.48% during the North American session. At press time, the EUR/USD is trading at 1.1252.

In the overnight session for North American traders, the shared currency seesawed in the 1.1168.1,1230 range, most of the time. Nevertheless, before Wall Street’s opened, the EUR/USD rallied above 1.1200, breaking on its way, the 100-hour simple moving average (SMA) at 1.1223, reaching a daily high at 1.1266 to stabilize around the 1.1240 area.

EUR/USD Price Forecast: Technical outlook

On Thursday, the EUR/USD reached a YTD low at 1.1106, near the 1.1100 mark, though closed above the mid-line between the top/central Pitchfork’s parallel lines, suggesting profit-taking and buying pressure lifted the pair at the end of New York’s session. It is worth noting that EUR/USD daily moving averages (DMAs) reside above the actual exchange rate, indicating a downward bias. That said, the EUR/USD could aim higher, near February 24 daily high at 1.1308, followed by a leg-down towards the 1.1000 area.

In that outcome, the EUR/USD first support would be 1.1200. Breach of the latter would expose Pitchfork-s mid-line within the top/central parallel lines around 1.1165, followed by February 24 daily low at 1.1106.

EUR/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.1252
Today Daily Change	0.0052
Today Daily Change %	0.46
Today daily open	1.12

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.1338
Daily SMA50	1.133
Daily SMA100	1.1387
Daily SMA200	1.1625

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.1312
Previous Daily Low	1.1106
Previous Weekly High	1.1396
Previous Weekly Low	1.128
Previous Monthly High	1.1483
Previous Monthly Low	1.1121
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.1185
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.1233
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.11
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.1001
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.0895
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.1305
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.1411
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.1511

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Christian Borjon Valencia

FXStreet

Markets analyst, news editor, and trading instructor with over 14 years of experience across FX, commodities, US equity indices, and global macro markets.

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