USD/CHF finds support near 0.9800 before SNB's Quarterly Bulletin

Major European stocks post modest losses on Wednesday.
US Dollar Index clings to gains above 97.30.
Coming up: Swiss National Bank's (SNB) Quarterly Bulletin.

Eren Sengezer FXStreet

The USD/CHF pair dropped to its lowest level since late August at 0.9798 on Wednesday but staged a technical recovery in the last hour. As of writing, the pair was up 0.05% on the day at 0.9808.

After major Asian equity indexes closed the day in the negative territory on Wednesday, European stocks struggled to gain traction to reveal a sour market mood, which benefits the safe-haven CHF. Additionally, the 10-year US Treasury bond yield is down 0.6% on the day to confirm the risk-off atmosphere. The lack of fresh developments surrounding the US-China trade deal seems to be forcing investors to book their profits following the risk rally.

Attention shifts to SNB publication

Later in the day, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) will release its Quarterly Bulletin that includes the monetary policy report. The bank is likely to reiterate its willingness to interfere in the FX markets with an aim to curb CHF's strength. In an interview with Blick on Wednesday, SNB Chairman Jordan explained that although there was no need tor an additional rate cut at the moment, the bank wouldn't hesitate to act to further deepen negative rates if CHF were to appreciate strongly.

On the other hand, the US Dollar Index is adding 0.2% on the day at 97.38 ahead of the American session to help the pair limit its losses. There won't be any significant macroeconomic data releases from the US in the second half of the day and the market sentiment is likely to continue to drive the pair's action.

Technical levels to watch for

USD/CHF

Overview
Today last price	0.9808
Today Daily Change	0.0001
Today Daily Change %	0.01
Today daily open	0.9807

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.9902
Daily SMA50	0.9911
Daily SMA100	0.9887
Daily SMA200	0.9937

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.9845
Previous Daily Low	0.9795
Previous Weekly High	0.9912
Previous Weekly Low	0.9806
Previous Monthly High	1.0024
Previous Monthly Low	0.985
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.9814
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.9826
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.9786
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.9766
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.9737
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.9836
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.9865
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.9886

Author

Eren Sengezer

FXStreet

As an economist at heart, Eren Sengezer specializes in the assessment of the short-term and long-term impacts of macroeconomic data, central bank policies and political developments on financial assets.

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