USD/CHF technical analysis: Greenback hanging near the November highs against CHF

USD/CHF is trading flat on the day, consolidating the gains of the last two days.
The level to beat for bulls is the 0.9940/0.9956 resistance zone.

Flavio Tosti Independent Analyst

USD/CHF daily chart

On the daily chart, USD/CHF is trading in a range below its 200-day simple moving average (DMA). The market is holding just above the 50 SMA today at the 0.9916 level.

USD/CHF four-hour chart

USD/CHF is trading near the monthly highs while above its main SMAs, suggesting a bullish bias in the medium term. Buyers will need to overcome the 0.9940/0.9956 resistance zone and the descending trendline. Further up, 0.9988 resistance awaits, according to the Technical Confluences Indicator.

USD/CHF 30-minute chart

USD/CHF is trading above upward sloping 100/200 SMAs, suggesting a bullish bias in the medium term. Pullbacks down could find support near 0.9910, 0.9889 and 0.9853, according to the Technical Confluences Indicator.

Additional key levels

USD/CHF

Overview
Today last price	0.9925
Today Daily Change	-0.0003
Today Daily Change %	-0.03
Today daily open	0.9928

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.9918
Daily SMA50	0.9914
Daily SMA100	0.987
Daily SMA200	0.9955

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.9937
Previous Daily Low	0.9869
Previous Weekly High	0.997
Previous Weekly Low	0.985
Previous Monthly High	1.0028
Previous Monthly Low	0.9837
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.9911
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.9895
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.9886
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.9843
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.9818
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.9954
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.9979
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.0022

Author

Flavio Tosti

Independent Analyst

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