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US Dollar Index Price Analysis: Decent contention emerged around 95.80

  • DXY extends the corrective downside to 96.20.
  • Next on the downside emerges the 96.00 zone.

DXY manages to reverse three consecutive daily losses and regains the 96.00 barrier and above on Thursday.

So far, the corrective move in the index met support in the 95.80 zone. If sellers regain the upper hand, then the retracement could extend further and retest the weekly low at 95.41 (January 20). The resumption of the upside bias should meet the next hurdle at the YTD peak at 97.80 (January 28).

In the near term, the upside pressure remains intact while above the 4-month line just below 95.00. Looking at the broader picture, the longer-term positive stance in the dollar remains unchanged above the 200-day SMA at 93.40.

DXY daily chart

Dollar Index Spot

Overview
Today last price96.22
Today Daily Change27
Today Daily Change %0.24
Today daily open95.99
 
Trends
Daily SMA2095.92
Daily SMA5096.08
Daily SMA10095.17
Daily SMA20093.47
 
Levels
Previous Daily High96.3
Previous Daily Low95.8
Previous Weekly High97.44
Previous Weekly Low95.67
Previous Monthly High97.44
Previous Monthly Low94.63
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%95.99
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%96.11
Daily Pivot Point S195.75
Daily Pivot Point S295.52
Daily Pivot Point S395.25
Daily Pivot Point R196.26
Daily Pivot Point R296.53
Daily Pivot Point R396.76

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Pablo Piovano

Born and bred in Argentina, Pablo has been carrying on with his passion for FX markets and trading since his first college years.

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