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USD/CHF Price Analysis: Risk-on impulse supports more weakness

  • The Swiss Franc asset has sensed significant barricades around 0.9280 amid a risk-appetite theme.
  • A Double Top formation indicates a failed attempt of exploring fresh upside.
  • The RSI (14) is failing to shift into the bullish range of 60.00-80.00.

The USD/CHF pair is likely to continue its downside journey below the immediate support of 0.9267 as investors have underpinned the risk-appetite theme in the market. The Swiss Franc asset has sensed significant barricades around 0.9280, which might infuse more pressure on the US Dollar ahead.

The US Dollar Index (DXY) is looking to re-test its six-month low around 103.05 amid risk-on profile as the Federal Reserve (Fed) is expected to slow down its pace of hiking interest rates after the release of the downbeat United States Average Hourly Earnings data.

The formation of a Double Top chart pattern on a four-hour scale around 0.9400 triggered immense selling pressure on USD/CHF. The aforementioned chart pattern indicates a failed attempt of exploring a fresh upside due to weak buying interest. Also, the 200-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) around 0.9377 is acting as a major barricade for the US Dollar.

It is worth noting that the Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) has faced barricades in shifting into the 60.00-80.00 range, which indicates that the upside bias is not solid anymore.

For further downside, the Swiss Franc bulls need to push the asset below December 30 low around 0.9200, which will drag the asset towards March 1 low at 0.9150 followed by January 21 low at 0.9108.

On the flip side, a decisive break above January 6 high at 0.9410 will drive the major towards December 6 high at 0.9456. A breach above the latter will send the major to psychological resistance around 0.9500.

USD/CHF four-hour chart

USD/CHF

Overview
Today last price0.927
Today Daily Change-0.0007
Today Daily Change %-0.08
Today daily open0.9277
 
Trends
Daily SMA200.9297
Daily SMA500.9474
Daily SMA1000.9644
Daily SMA2000.9645
 
Levels
Previous Daily High0.941
Previous Daily Low0.927
Previous Weekly High0.941
Previous Weekly Low0.9223
Previous Monthly High0.9471
Previous Monthly Low0.9201
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%0.9324
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%0.9356
Daily Pivot Point S10.9228
Daily Pivot Point S20.918
Daily Pivot Point S30.9089
Daily Pivot Point R10.9367
Daily Pivot Point R20.9458
Daily Pivot Point R30.9506

Author

Sagar Dua

Sagar Dua

FXStreet

Sagar Dua is associated with the financial markets from his college days. Along with pursuing post-graduation in Commerce in 2014, he started his markets training with chart analysis.

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