USD/CHF Technical Analysis: 0.9950 is the level to beat for US Dollar bulls

Flavio Tosti Independent Analyst

USD/CHF daily chart

USD/CHF is trading in a bull trend above the 200-day simple moving average (SMA).
USD/CHF found support at the 100 SMA.

USD/CHF 4-hour chart

USD bulls are looking for a retest of the parity level.

USD/CHF 30-minute chart

The 0.9950 is the level to beat for bulls.
A break above the level would open the gates to 0.9970 and the parity level.
To the downside, 0.9900 should act as support.

Additional key levels

USD/CHF

Overview:
    Today Last Price: 0.9932
    Today Daily change: 33 pips
    Today Daily change %: 0.333%
    Today Daily Open: 0.9899
Trends:
    Previous Daily SMA20: 0.9974
    Previous Daily SMA50: 0.9973
    Previous Daily SMA100: 0.989
    Previous Daily SMA200: 0.9843
Levels:
    Previous Daily High: 0.991
    Previous Daily Low: 0.9868
    Previous Weekly High: 1.0009
    Previous Weekly Low: 0.9889
    Previous Monthly High: 1.0129
    Previous Monthly Low: 0.9908
    Previous Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 0.9884
    Previous Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 0.9894
    Previous Daily Pivot Point S1: 0.9875
    Previous Daily Pivot Point S2: 0.985
    Previous Daily Pivot Point S3: 0.9833
    Previous Daily Pivot Point R1: 0.9916
    Previous Daily Pivot Point R2: 0.9934
    Previous Daily Pivot Point R3: 0.9958

Author

Flavio Tosti

Independent Analyst

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