USD/INR Price Analysis: Bulls await sustained strength and acceptance above 83.00 mark

USD/INR edges higher on Thursday, albeit remains confined in a three-day-old trading band.
The constructive technical setup favours bullish traders and supports prospects for further gains.
A convincing break below the 100/200-day SMAs confluence will negate the positive outlook.

Haresh Menghani FXStreet

The USD/INR pair trades with a positive bias during the Asian session on Thursday, though remains below the 83.00 mark and well within a familiar trading range held over the past three days.

From a technical perspective, spot prices are holding comfortably above technically significant 100-day and 200-day Simple Moving Averages (SMAs). Moreover, positive oscillators on the daily chart – though have been losing traction – favour bullish traders and suggest that the path of least resistance for the USD/INR pair is to the upside.

That said, it will still be prudent to wait for sustained strength and acceptance above the 83.00 round figure before positioning for any further move up. The USD/INR pair might then climb back towards last week's swing high, around the 83.20-83.25 region, and then aim to challenge the record high, around the 83.45 region touched in August.

A sustained strength beyond the 83.00 mark will reaffirm the constructive setup and lift the pair back towards last week's swing high, around the 83.20-83.25 region. This is followed by the 83.45 region, or the record high touched in August, which if cleared decisively will be seen as a fresh trigger for bulls and pave the way for additional gains.

On the flip side, weakness below the 82.80 area, or the weekly low, might continue to attract some dip-buying and remain limited near the 82.40-82.30 confluence, comprising the 100-day and the 200-day SMAs. The latter should act as a pivotal point, which if broken will make the USD/INR pair vulnerable to accelerate the slide towards the 82.00 mark.

Some follow-through selling below the July monthly swing low, around the 81.70-81.65 region, will suggest that spot prices have formed a near-term top and pave the way for a deeper corrective decline. The USD/INR pair might then weaken further towards the 81.35 intermediate support before eventually dropping towards testing sub-81.00 levels.

USD/INR daily chart

Technical levels to watch

USD/INR

Overview
Today last price	82.9424
Today Daily Change	-0.0562
Today Daily Change %	-0.07
Today daily open	82.9986

Trends
Daily SMA20	82.9001
Daily SMA50	82.6534
Daily SMA100	82.4361
Daily SMA200	82.3408

Levels
Previous Daily High	83.1171
Previous Daily Low	81.5345
Previous Weekly High	83.3714
Previous Weekly Low	82.585
Previous Monthly High	83.5505
Previous Monthly Low	82.224
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	82.5125
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	82.139
Daily Pivot Point S1	81.983
Daily Pivot Point S2	80.9675
Daily Pivot Point S3	80.4005
Daily Pivot Point R1	83.5656
Daily Pivot Point R2	84.1326
Daily Pivot Point R3	85.1481

Author

Haresh Menghani

FXStreet

Haresh Menghani is a detail-oriented professional with 10+ years of extensive experience in analysing the global financial markets.

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