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Silver Price Analysis: XAG/USD pullback remains elusive beyond $25.20 resistance-turned-support

  • Silver price pares the biggest daily gains in three weeks.
  • Upbeat oscillators, sustained trading beyond previous key resistance line favor XAG/USD bulls.
  • Convergence of 21-SMA, 50-SMA acts as extra downside filter, bulls have a bumpy road towards the north.

Silver price (XAG/USD) prints mild losses around $25.30 as bulls take a breather after posting the biggest daily gains since early April. With this, the bright metal retreats to the previous resistance line during the early hours of Wednesday.

Given the bullion’s successful break of a downward-sloping resistance line from April 17, now immediate support near $25.20, coupled with the bullish MACD signals and upbeat RSI (14), the buyers are likely to keep the reins.

Even if the XAG/USD price drops below $25.20 resistance-turned-support, a convergence of the 21-SMA and 50-SMA, near the $25.00 round figure, appears a tough nut to crack for the Silver bears.

Following that, the metal’s quick fall towards the previous weekly low of around $24.50 and the 200-SMA level surrounding $24.30 can’t be ruled out.

However, the Silver buyers may remain hopeful unless the quote stays firmer past the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level of March-April upside, near $24.05, quickly followed by the $24.00 round figure support.

Alternatively, XAG/USD recovery appears bumpy as the latest swing high of $25.50 precedes the April 17 peak surrounding $25.60 and the previous daily top near $25.90 could challenge the Silver buyers.

It’s worth noting that the Year-To-Date (YTD) high of $26.10 marked in April acts as the last defense of the Silver sellers.

Silver price: Four-hour chart

Trend: Further upside expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price25.36
Today Daily Change-0.02
Today Daily Change %-0.08%
Today daily open25.38
 
Trends
Daily SMA2025.15
Daily SMA5023.21
Daily SMA10023.26
Daily SMA20021.63
 
Levels
Previous Daily High25.49
Previous Daily Low24.58
Previous Weekly High25.36
Previous Weekly Low24.49
Previous Monthly High26.09
Previous Monthly Low23.57
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%25.14
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%24.93
Daily Pivot Point S124.81
Daily Pivot Point S224.24
Daily Pivot Point S323.9
Daily Pivot Point R125.72
Daily Pivot Point R226.06
Daily Pivot Point R326.62

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Anil Panchal

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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