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USD/CHF Price Analysis: Bulls and bears clashed around 0.9280/90 on sideways trading

  • USD/CHF hovers slightly below the 0.9300 figure and remains around the 20-day EMA.
  • USD/CHF Price Analysis: Upward biased in the near term, but downside risks remain on a break below the 20-day EMA.

USD/CHF retreats from weekly highs of 0.9340 and meanders between two daily Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs), at around 0.9290s. An improvement in market sentiment, and a soft US Dollar (USD), triggered flows toward the Swiss Franc (CHF), which recovered some ground.

USD/CHF Price action

Following Wednesday’s price action that saw the USD/CHF pair gaining 2%, Thursday’s session turned red. Nevertheless, the USD/CHF stayed nearby the 20/50-day EMAs, each at 0.9288 and 0.9297, respectively. If the USD/CHF cracks the top of the range, that will poise the pair towards 0.9300 and beyond. Once the figure is conquered, the USD/CHF will test the 100-day EMA at 0.9366, followed by the 0.9400 mark. A rally above will lift the USD/CHF toward the 200-day EMA at 0.9435.

In an alternate scenario, the USD/CHF first support will be the 20-day EMA At 0.9288. a breach of the latter and the USD/CHF will dive towards March 16 low at 0.9229 before stumbling to 0.9200.

USD/CHF Daily chart

USD/CHF Technical levels

USD/CHF

Overview
Today last price0.9297
Today Daily Change-0.0034
Today Daily Change %-0.36
Today daily open0.9331
 
Trends
Daily SMA200.9316
Daily SMA500.926
Daily SMA1000.938
Daily SMA2000.9553
 
Levels
Previous Daily High0.9338
Previous Daily Low0.9123
Previous Weekly High0.9439
Previous Weekly Low0.9175
Previous Monthly High0.9429
Previous Monthly Low0.9059
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%0.9256
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%0.9205
Daily Pivot Point S10.919
Daily Pivot Point S20.905
Daily Pivot Point S30.8976
Daily Pivot Point R10.9405
Daily Pivot Point R20.9479
Daily Pivot Point R30.962

Author

Christian Borjon Valencia

Christian Borjon began his career as a retail trader in 2010, mainly focused on technical analysis and strategies around it. He started as a swing trader, as he used to work in another industry unrelated to the financial markets.

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