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Silver Price Analysis: XAGUSD bulls keep $22.50 on radar despite latest inaction

  • Silver price remains sidelined around 4.5-month high, pares the biggest daily jump in a week.
  • Nearly overbought RSI suggests limited upside unless crossing June’s peak.
  • Sellers need validation from $21.50 for fresh entry, $20.00 appears the key support.

Silver price (XAGUSD) struggles to defend buyers around the highest levels since late June, marked the previous day, while taking rounds to $21.70-65 during Friday’s Asian session.

In doing so, the bright metal dribbles above the key $21.50 resistance-turned-support confluence including the 200-DMA and an upward-sloping trend line from early August.

Even if the $21.50 breakout keeps the commodity buyers hopeful, nearly overbought RSI (44) conditions challenge the quote’s further advances, which in turn highlight the 50% Fibonacci retracement level of the metal’s April-September downside, near $21.90.

Also acting as the near-term upside hurdle for the XAGUSD is the June 2022 peak surrounding $22.50.

It’s worth noting that the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level appears the last defense of the Silver bear before directing the price towards the late March swing low of around $24.00.

Alternatively, a downside break of the $21.50 resistance-turned-support will need validation from the tops marked during October and September, around $21.25 and $20.85 in that order, to convince silver bears. Following that, a downward trajectory toward $20.00 can’t be ruled out.

Silver: Daily chart

Trend: Limited upside expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price21.66
Today Daily Change0.64
Today Daily Change %3.04%
Today daily open21.02
 
Trends
Daily SMA2019.48
Daily SMA5019.33
Daily SMA10019.46
Daily SMA20021.48
 
Levels
Previous Daily High21.61
Previous Daily Low21
Previous Weekly High20.91
Previous Weekly Low18.84
Previous Monthly High21.24
Previous Monthly Low18.09
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%21.23
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%21.37
Daily Pivot Point S120.8
Daily Pivot Point S220.59
Daily Pivot Point S320.19
Daily Pivot Point R121.42
Daily Pivot Point R221.82
Daily Pivot Point R322.03

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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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