Silver Price Analysis: XAG/USD plunged below the 100-day SMA as the USD recovers

XAG/USD dropped to its lowest level since mid-July, near the $23.10 area, below the 100-day SMA.
The USD gained traction on the back of rising US yields following Friday’s losses.
All eyes are now on Thursday’s CPI data from July from the US.

Patricio Martín FXStreet

On Monday, the XAG/USD Silver spot price tumbled near the 100-day Simple Moving Average near the $23.20 area seeing more than 1.80% losses. Rising US yields and a stronger USD following Friday’s sell-off are mainly responsibles for the metal’s decline.

As the focus turns to the next set of inflation data from the US, markets continue to digest Friday's Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report. Job creation cooled down, and wages increased, but the investors dumping the US Dollar during Friday’s session indicated that investors weighted more the decrease in the number of people employed. Still, the Federal Reserve (Fed) will consider rising wage inflation in their next meetings. For the rest of the week, the highlight is the release of inflation data on Thursday, with the Headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) index expected to accelerate to 3.3% YoY and the Core CPI, which is seen falling to 4.7% in the same month.

In response, the US bond yields are edging lower. The 10-year bond yield stands at 4.08%, up by 1.04 % on the day. The 2-year yield stands neutral at 4.77%, and the 5-year yield is at 4.16% with 0.61 % gains.

Regarding the following Fed decisions, according to the CME FedWatch tool, markets discount higher odds of a pause in September with low odds of 20% of a 25 basis point (bps). Those probabilities rise to 30% in November, where the stronger case is also no-hike by the Fed.

XAG/USD levels to watch

Based on the daily chart, the XAG/USD exhibits a bearish outlook for the short term. Both Relative Strength Index (RSI) and Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) remain in negative territory, with the RSI below its midline and showing a southward slope. The MACD is also displaying red bars, indicating a strengthening bearish momentum. Plus, the pair is below the 20,100 and 200-day Simple Moving Averages (SMAs), pointing towards the prevailing strength of the bears in the larger context and the buyers facing a challenging situation.

Support levels: $23.00, $22.90, $22.70.

Resistance levels: $23.20 (200-day SMA), $23.50, $23.70.

XAG/USD Daily chart

XAG/USD

Overview
Today last price	23.12
Today Daily Change	-0.51
Today Daily Change %	-2.16
Today daily open	23.63

Trends
Daily SMA20	24.35
Daily SMA50	23.73
Daily SMA100	24.05
Daily SMA200	23.17

Levels
Previous Daily High	23.8
Previous Daily Low	23.23
Previous Weekly High	24.84
Previous Weekly Low	23.23
Previous Monthly High	25.27
Previous Monthly Low	22.52
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	23.58
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	23.44
Daily Pivot Point S1	23.3
Daily Pivot Point S2	22.98
Daily Pivot Point S3	22.73
Daily Pivot Point R1	23.87
Daily Pivot Point R2	24.12
Daily Pivot Point R3	24.44

Author

Patricio Martín

FXStreet

Patricio is an economist from Argentina passionate about global finance and understanding the daily movements of the markets.

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