US Dollar Index Technical Analysis: DXY break above 97.00 figure

Flavio Tosti Independent Analyst

US Dollar Index (DXY) daily chart

DXY is trading in a bull trend above the 50, 100 and 200-day simple moving averages (SMAs).
DXY broke above the 97.00 figure this Monday. Bulls objective is to keep the momentum going and reach the 2018 high.
On the flip side, bears want to keep the market below the 97.00 and drag it down all the way back to 96.00 figure.

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Dollar Index Spot

Overview:
    Today Last Price: 97.09
    Today Daily change: 12 pips
    Today Daily change %: 0.124%
    Today Daily Open: 96.97
Trends:
    Previous Daily SMA20: 96.73
    Previous Daily SMA50: 95.87
    Previous Daily SMA100: 95.49
    Previous Daily SMA200: 93.72
Levels:
    Previous Daily High: 96.98
    Previous Daily Low: 96.4
    Previous Weekly High: 96.98
    Previous Weekly Low: 96.04
    Previous Monthly High: 97.2
    Previous Monthly Low: 94.79
    Previous Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 96.76
    Previous Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 96.62
    Previous Daily Pivot Point S1: 96.59
    Previous Daily Pivot Point S2: 96.2
    Previous Daily Pivot Point S3: 96.01
    Previous Daily Pivot Point R1: 97.17
    Previous Daily Pivot Point R2: 97.36
    Previous Daily Pivot Point R3: 97.75

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Flavio Tosti

Independent Analyst

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