Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD struggles to extend gains above $22.60 ahead of Fed policy


  • Silver price is juggling around $22.60 as investors have sidelined ahead of Fed’s monetary policy.
  • Investors have turned skeptical about whether the Fed would continue hiking rates further or choose silence this time.
  • The street has cheered liquidity assistance from various financial institutions to support the First Republic Bank.

Silver price (XAG/USD) is juggling in a narrow range below $22.60 in the Tokyo session. The white metal recovered after a correction from $22.20 but failed to extend recovery as investors are uncertain about Wednesday’s interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve (Fed). Amid rising fears of banking turmoil, investors have turned skeptical about whether the Fed would continue hiking rates further or choose silence this time.

A recovery move by S&P500 indicates that investors have started digesting the volatility linked to the banking fiasco. S&P500 futures have extended gains further, portraying further improvement in the risk appetite of the market participants. It seems that investors have cheered liquidity assistance from various financial institutions, which have come forward to provide support to the First Republic Bank.

The US Dollar Index (DXY) has continued to remain choppy around 103.33 as investors have sidelined ahead of the Fed’s monetary policy. Analysts at ING believe “We do not expect too much volatility if conditions allow the Fed to hike 25 bps and the dot plots do not surprise too much and an unlikely 50 bps hike would be very bullish for the Dollar.”

Silver technical outlook

Silver price has sensed cushion around a minor inventory accumulation phase plotted near $22.20 on an hourly scale. The recovery move from the Silber price is expected to push it toward March 20 high around $22.72.

Advancing 20-and 50-period Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) at $22.48 and $22.32 add to the upside filters.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) is gathering strength for climbing into the bullish range of 60.00-80.00. An occurrence of the same would strengthen the Silver price further.

Silver hourly chart

XAG/USD

Overview
Today last price 22.54
Today Daily Change -0.01
Today Daily Change % -0.04
Today daily open 22.55
 
Trends
Daily SMA20 21.2
Daily SMA50 22.31
Daily SMA100 22.36
Daily SMA200 20.95
 
Levels
Previous Daily High 22.72
Previous Daily Low 22.22
Previous Weekly High 22.61
Previous Weekly Low 20.54
Previous Monthly High 24.64
Previous Monthly Low 20.42
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% 22.41
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% 22.53
Daily Pivot Point S1 22.28
Daily Pivot Point S2 22
Daily Pivot Point S3 21.78
Daily Pivot Point R1 22.77
Daily Pivot Point R2 22.99
Daily Pivot Point R3 23.27

 

 

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