USD/CHF Technical Analysis: Greenback heading towards 0.9990 level

Flavio Tosti Independent Analyst

USD/CHF daily chart

USD/CHF is trading in a bull trend above its main simple moving averages (SMAs).

USD/CHF 4-hour chart

USD/CHF is trading between the 50 and 100 SMAs suggesting a consolidation in the medium-term.

USD/CHF 30-minute chart

USD/CHF is trading below the 100 and 200 SMAs suggesting downward pressure in the short-term.
A break below 1.0040 can lead to 0.9990 support.
To the upside, resistances are seen near 1.0070 and 1.0090 level.

Additional key levels

USD/CHF

Overview:
    Today Last Price: 1.004
    Today Daily change: 1 pips
    Today Daily change %: 0.01%
    Today Daily Open: 1.0039
Trends:
    Daily SMA20: 1.0033
    Daily SMA50: 0.9973
    Daily SMA100: 0.997
    Daily SMA200: 0.9918
Levels:
    Previous Daily High: 1.0085
    Previous Daily Low: 1.0026
    Previous Weekly High: 1.0125
    Previous Weekly Low: 0.9977
    Previous Monthly High: 1.01
    Previous Monthly Low: 0.9921
    Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 1.0049
    Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 1.0062
    Daily Pivot Point S1: 1.0015
    Daily Pivot Point S2: 0.9991
    Daily Pivot Point S3: 0.9956
    Daily Pivot Point R1: 1.0074
    Daily Pivot Point R2: 1.0109
    Daily Pivot Point R3: 1.0133

Author

Flavio Tosti

Independent Analyst

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