Silver Price Analysis: XAG/USD bears flirt with $23.50 inside weekly bearish channel

Silver price licks its wounds within bearish chart pattern at the lowest levels in seven weeks.
MACD, RSI (14) suggests further short-covering of XAG/USD inside weekly falling channel.
Silver price recovery remains elusive below 200-SMA; $23.25 appears short-term key support.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

Silver price (XAU/USD) pares weekly losses around $23.50 as it retreats from intraday high but stays inside a weekly descending trend channel amid early Friday. In doing so, the bright metal fades bounce off the lowest levels in seven weeks marked the previous day.

It’s worth noting that the oversold conditions of the RSI (14) and recently bullish signals from the MACD indicator favor the XAG/USD buyers.

However, an upside break of the stated channel’s top line, close to $23.70 at the latest, becomes necessary for the Silver Bulls to enter. Even so, the weekly top of $24.10 may act as an extra filter towards the north.

Should the quote remains firmer past $24.10, the 200-SMA and previous support line from early April, respectively near $24.95 and $25.20, will be in the spotlight as they hold the gate for the XAG/USD bull’s conviction.

On the contrary, a convergence of the aforementioned falling channel from Monday and the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level of the pair’s April-May upside, around $23.25, put a floor under the Silver price.

Following that, multiple lows marked during late March around $22.85-80 may prod the XAG/USD bears before giving them control.

Silver price: Four-hour chart

Trend: Limited recovery expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	23.51
Today Daily Change	0.01
Today Daily Change %	0.04%
Today daily open	23.5

Trends
Daily SMA20	24.88
Daily SMA50	24.12
Daily SMA100	23.39
Daily SMA200	21.92

Levels
Previous Daily High	23.78
Previous Daily Low	23.33
Previous Weekly High	25.92
Previous Weekly Low	23.74
Previous Monthly High	26.09
Previous Monthly Low	23.57
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	23.5
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	23.61
Daily Pivot Point S1	23.29
Daily Pivot Point S2	23.08
Daily Pivot Point S3	22.84
Daily Pivot Point R1	23.74
Daily Pivot Point R2	23.99
Daily Pivot Point R3	24.2

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.

GBP/USD revisits 1.3530; Dollar pushes harder

GBP/USD adds to the weekly correction and recedes toward the 1.3530 zone on Friday. Indeed, Cable faces increasing selling pressure on the back of extra gains in the Greenback, particularly fuelled by Chair Warsh’s speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium and the US NFP Annual Revision (-79K).

EUR/USD breaches below 1.1600, multi-day lows

EUR/USD now accelerates its decline and retreats to seven-day troughs in the sub-1.1600 region at the end of the week. The pair’s pullback comes on the back of the strong rebound in the US Dollar after Chair Warsh delivered a hawkish message in Jackson Hole, while the US NFP Annual Revision came in at -79K.

Gold challenges its 200-day SMA near $4,530

Gold’s decline gathers fresh steam, hitting weekly lows while disputing its critical 200-day SMA near $4,530 per troy ounce. The yellow metal’s increasing weakness comes in response to the generalised upbeat tone in the US Dollar and the widespread rebound in US Treasury yields, as investors continue to reprice a Fed rate hike in September.

Crypto Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP rally loses steam despite steady ETF inflows

Bitcoin is back below $80,000 at the time of writing on Friday, after a second attempt at breaking resistance between $81,000 and $82,000. Meanwhile, Ethereum and Ripple mirror Bitcoin’s cooling trend, with ETH sliding to $2,500 and XRP falling toward $1.40 support.

Week ahead – RBNZ and BoC decide on rates ahead of all-important US NFP

Dollar rebounds ahead of ISM PMI and NFP data. RBNZ is expected to raise rates; focus to fall on forward guidance. BoC is set to remain on hold; will it raise rates in 2027?

Diesel’s record $100 warning: The oil shock hiding in plain sight

The Oil market may look calmer than it did a few months ago, but diesel is sending a very different message. The US diesel crack spread, the premium of ultra-low sulphur diesel futures over WTI, recently surged above $100 per barrel for the first time, reaching an intraday record of just over $102.00.