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USD/CHF Price  Analysis: Tumbles further below 0.8900, with sellers eyeing the YTD low

  • USD/CHF drops almost 0.50% on Monday on a weak US Dollar.
  • USD/CHF: Is a falling-wedge pattern setting the stage for a reversal?

The USD/CHF continues its downward trajectory, extending its losses after last Friday’s doji, suggesting that a bottom was reached at 0.8907. Nevertheless, late in the New York session, the USD/CHF pair is trading at 0.8879, below its opening price by 0.46%, after hitting a high of 0.8928.

USD/CHF Price Action

Even though last week’s high pierced the 0.9000 figure, and buyers could not decisively crack the latter and test the 20-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA), it cemented that the USD/CHF is bearishly biased. However, it appears that a falling wedge, preceded by a downtrend, is forming, which sometimes can act as a reversal pattern. That suggests that the USD/CHF could be poised for an upward correction before falling past the actual YTD low at 0.8859.

If the USD/CHF breaks above the falling-wedge top trendline, the pair could rally initially, towards the measured objective, at around the 100-day EMA at 0.9240. But on the USD/CHF’s way up, buyers need to reclaim key resistance levels. First, the 0.9000 figure, followed by the April 10 high at 0.9120. A breach of the latter will expose the 0.9200 figure.

Conversely, a continuation past the YTD low of 0.8859 is on the cards, based on the Relative Strength Index (RSI) staying at bearish territory, followed by the Rate of Change (RoC) of three periods, indicating a fall of -1.04 in USD/CHF prices.

USD/CHF Daily Chart

USD/CHF Daily Chart

USD/CHF

Overview
Today last price0.8882
Today Daily Change-0.0040
Today Daily Change %-0.45
Today daily open0.8922
 
Trends
Daily SMA200.9043
Daily SMA500.9189
Daily SMA1000.9228
Daily SMA2000.9467
 
Levels
Previous Daily High0.8954
Previous Daily Low0.8908
Previous Weekly High0.9003
Previous Weekly Low0.8908
Previous Monthly High0.944
Previous Monthly Low0.9072
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%0.8937
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%0.8926
Daily Pivot Point S10.8901
Daily Pivot Point S20.8881
Daily Pivot Point S30.8855
Daily Pivot Point R10.8948
Daily Pivot Point R20.8975
Daily Pivot Point R30.8995

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Christian Borjon Valencia

Markets analyst, news editor, and trading instructor with over 14 years of experience across FX, commodities, US equity indices, and global macro markets.

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