US Dollar Index Price Analysis: Bears prepare for a bumpy ride near 90.00

DXY refreshes weekly low but defends 90.00 threshold.
Yearly horizontal support tests sellers, confluence of seven-week-old resistance line, 21-day SMA restricts short-term upside.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

US dollar index (DXY) bounces off intraday low, rather weekly bottom, while picking up bids near 90.11 during early Tuesday. Even so, the greenback gauge remains 0.14% down on a day by the press time.

Given the quote’s sustained weakness from the short-term SMA and key resistance line, DXY is on the way to re-test the yearly horizontal support near 90.00–89.95.

It should, however, be noted that multiple supports can test DXY bears, also the likely oversold Momentum line, during the gauge’s further weakness below 89.95, a break of which will challenge February low near 89.70.

On the contrary, 90.50 may entertain the intraday buyers in case of a corrective pullback ahead of highlighting the 90.75 resistance confluence.

If at all DXY jumps above 90.75 on a daily closing basis, the monthly peak surrounding 91.45 will be in the spotlight.

DXY daily chart

Trend: Bearish

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	90.11
Today Daily Change	-0.13
Today Daily Change %	-0.14%
Today daily open	90.24

Trends
Daily SMA20	90.79
Daily SMA50	91.61
Daily SMA100	91.06
Daily SMA200	91.83

Levels
Previous Daily High	90.43
Previous Daily Low	90.15
Previous Weekly High	90.91
Previous Weekly Low	89.98
Previous Monthly High	93.33
Previous Monthly Low	90.42
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	90.25
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	90.32
Daily Pivot Point S1	90.11
Daily Pivot Point S2	89.99
Daily Pivot Point S3	89.83
Daily Pivot Point R1	90.4
Daily Pivot Point R2	90.55
Daily Pivot Point R3	90.68

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.

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