USD/CHF Price Prediction: Now probably in a short and medium term bull trend

USD/CHF continues rising and might have established a medium-term uptrend.
It is likely to continue higher although it is potentially overbought and a downside gap risks closing.

Joaquin Monfort FXStreet

USD/CHF is rising up and forming a sequence of higher highs and higher lows which indicates it is probably in both a short and – now also – a medium term uptrend. Given it is a key tenet of technical analysis that “the trend is your friend” the odds favor more upside to come.

USD/CHF 4-hour Chart

USD/CHF could continue rising until it reaches the next target to the upside which was generated when it broke out of the range. This target lies at 0.8680, the 100% Fibonacci (Fib) extrapolation of the height of the range higher. It has already met the conservative target at 0.8627, the 61.8% Fib level.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is in overbought territory and if it remains there on a closing basis it will advise traders not to add to their existing long positions.

A chart gap opened on Monday morning and there is a risk the market could pull back to fill this gap at some point.

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Joaquin Monfort

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Joaquin Monfort is a financial writer and analyst with over 10 years experience writing about financial markets and alt data. He holds a degree in Anthropology from London University and a Diploma in Technical analysis.

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