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USD/CHF Price Analysis: Rejected at 0.9650, sellers in control

  • USD/CHF's minor bounce seems to have run out of steam at 0.9650. 
  • The pair is on the defensive and risks falling below 0.96, as per the weekly chart.

USD/CHF is currently trading at 0.9640, having picked up a bid at 0.9630 in early Asia and faced rejection at 0.9650 an hour ago. 

The hourly chart MACD histogram has crossed above zero, indicating a bearish-to-bullish trend change. The hourly RSI has also bounced from the oversold or below-30 region. 

Further, the futures on the S&P 500 are flashing green, indicating potential risk reset. 

So, a corrective bounce to levels above 0.6850 cannot be ruled out, but will likely be short-lived, as longer duration charts are biased bearish. 

Notably, the pair created a big bearish engulfing candle last week, signaling an end of a corrective bounce from the Jan. 6 low of 0.9613 and a resumption of the sell-off from the high of 1.0023 observed in November. 

The last week's candle also closed below key support at 0.9660 (October low). 

The odds, therefore, appear stacked in favor of a slide to levels below 0.96. The outlook, as per the weekly chart would turn bullish if and when the pair finds acceptance above the last week's high of 0.9767.

Weekly chart

Trend: Bearish

Technical levels

USD/CHF

Overview
Today last price0.9641
Today Daily Change0.0010
Today Daily Change %0.10
Today daily open0.9631
 
Trends
Daily SMA200.9694
Daily SMA500.9779
Daily SMA1000.9852
Daily SMA2000.9886
 
Levels
Previous Daily High0.9713
Previous Daily Low0.9629
Previous Weekly High0.9768
Previous Weekly Low0.9629
Previous Monthly High0.9768
Previous Monthly Low0.9613
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%0.9661
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%0.9681
Daily Pivot Point S10.9602
Daily Pivot Point S20.9574
Daily Pivot Point S30.9518
Daily Pivot Point R10.9686
Daily Pivot Point R20.9742
Daily Pivot Point R30.977

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Omkar Godbole

Omkar Godbole

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Omkar Godbole, editor and analyst, joined FXStreet after four years as a research analyst at several Indian brokerage companies.

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