USD/CHF gathered momentum and broke above the 100-day SMA

After a month of side-ways trading, the USD/CHF jumped above the 100-day SMA.
The USD is one of the top performers of the session on the back of risk aversion and hawkish Waller.
All eyes are now on Wednesday’s ISM PMIs from the US from August.

Patricio Martín FXStreet

The USD/CHF finally saw action after several sessions of sideways trading and jumped above the 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) of 0.8880. Despite reporting weak Factory Orders figures from July, the USD traded strongly against most of its rivals.

In line with that, the US DXY index rose to highs since March near 104.80, which a cautious market sentiment could explain as investors await fresh catalysts on a quiet session. Regarding the next Federal Reserve (Fed) decisions, bond yields are trading neutral, with mild gains. At the same time, the World Interest Rates Probabilities (WIRP) tool indicates that market participants are still seeing some probabilities of a 25 basis point (bps) hike for the remainder of the year, which would take rates to 5.75%.

On Tuesday, Christopher Waller from the Fed stated that until inflation comes down, the Fed will have to keep rates at restrictive levels and that one more hike won’t send the economy into a recession. Those hawkish comments contributed to the USD strength.

On the CHF side, the Swiss Q2 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was reported on Monday to have remained steady and failed to live up to the expectations of a 0.1% increase expected by the markets, which also explains the upward movements of the pair.

USD/CHF Levels to watch

Considering the daily chart, USD/CHF presents a neutral to bullish outlook, with the bulls recovering and gaining momentum. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) has a positive slope above its midline, while the Moving Average Convergence (MACD) histogram prints bigger green bars. Additionally, the pair is above the 20 and 100-day Simple Moving Averages (SMAs) but below the 200-day SMA, highlighting the continued dominance of bulls in the broader perspective.

Support levels: 0.8880 (100-day SMA), 0.8800 (20-day SMA), 0.8750.

Resistance levels: 0.8900, 0.8930, 0.8950.

USD/CHF Daily Chart

USD/CHF

Overview
Today last price	0.8896
Today Daily Change	0.0052
Today Daily Change %	0.59
Today daily open	0.8844

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.8802
Daily SMA50	0.8781
Daily SMA100	0.888
Daily SMA200	0.9064

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.8862
Previous Daily Low	0.8833
Previous Weekly High	0.8865
Previous Weekly Low	0.8745
Previous Monthly High	0.8876
Previous Monthly Low	0.869
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.8844
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.8851
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.883
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.8817
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.8801
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.886
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.8876
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.8889

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Patricio Martín

FXStreet

Patricio is an economist from Argentina passionate about global finance and understanding the daily movements of the markets.

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