USD/CHF Price Analysis: Retreats towards 0.9550 inside weekly rising wedge

USD/CHF takes offers to refresh intraday low, snaps six-day uptrend.
Rising wedge bearish chart pattern suggests 250-pips of downtrend on breaking 0.9550.
Fortnight-old previous resistance line adds to the downside filters.
Key SMAs challenge buyers before the double tops surrounding 1.0150.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

USD/CHF renews intraday low near 0.9570 as bears sneak in after a six-day absence during early Tuesday.

With the Swiss Franc (CHF) pair’s latest retreat, the quote portrays a bearish chart pattern, namely a rising wedge, on the four-hour play and teases the sellers to aim for the 250-pip downtrend in case the quote drops below 0.9550 support.

However, the resistance-turned-support line from November 3, around 0.9475 by the press time, acts as an extra downside filter. Also likely to challenge the USD/CHF bears is the monthly low near 0.9355.

It’s worth noting that, the RSI retreat favors the pair’s latest pullback but the bullish MACD signals challenge the USDCHF bears.

Meanwhile, an upside clearance of the stated one-week-old rising wedge’s resistance line, near 0.9615 at the latest, defies the bearish formation and can propel the pair toward the 100-SMA hurdle of 0.9745.

Even so, the USD/CHF recovery remains elusive unless the quote stays below the 200-SMA level of 0.9860.

Even if the quote crosses the key SMA hurdle, the double tops around 1.0150 will be a crucial challenge for the USD/CHF bulls.

USD/CHF: Four-hour chart

Trend: Limited downside expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	0.957
Today Daily Change	-0.0020
Today Daily Change %	-0.21%
Today daily open	0.959

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.9771
Daily SMA50	0.9822
Daily SMA100	0.9736
Daily SMA200	0.9631

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.9598
Previous Daily Low	0.9533
Previous Weekly High	0.9558
Previous Weekly Low	0.9357
Previous Monthly High	1.0148
Previous Monthly Low	0.9781
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.9573
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.9558
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.9549
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.9508
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.9483
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.9614
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.9639
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.968

Author

Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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