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Silver Price Analysis: XAG/USD breaks below the 200-DMA, extends its fall below $21.90

  • Silver price stumbles below the 200-day EMA at $21.95, shifting its bias to neutral-downwards.
  • XAG/USD Price Analysis: Shifted neutral-to-downwards, though two more closes below the 200-DMA would cement its downward bias.

Silver price continues to trade beneath the bottom-trendline of a megaphone formation and below the 200-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at 21.95, a bearish signal for the white metal. It should be said that a daily close below the latter would pave the way for further downside. At the time of writing, XAG/USD exchanges hands at $21.84 a troy ounce after hitting a daily high of $22.03.

After dropping below the bottom-trendline of a megaphone formation, the XAG/USD has failed to regain the $22.50 mark and exposed the 200-day EMA. A daily close is needed to further cement a change on the neutral bias to neutral-downwards, and it will expose untested support areas since December of 2022.

If that scenario plays out, the XAG/USD first support would be the November 28 daily low of $20.87, followed by the November 21 swing low of $20.59. Once cleared, the psychological level of $20.00 would be up for grabs.

In an alternate scenario, the XAG/USD first resistance would be the 200-day EMA at $21.94, ahead of the $22.00 figure. Once broken, Silver could aim inside the megaphone formation, but firstly it needs to crack the bottom trendline at $22.20.

It should be said that oscillators like the Relative Strength Index (RSI) suggest a bearish continuation, but the Rate of Change (RoC), confirms that sellers are losing momentum. Hence, the XAG/USD might consolidate around the $21.60-$22.00 area, awaiting a fresh catalyst before determining its direction.

XAG/USD Daily chart

XAG/USD Key technical levels

XAG/USD

Overview
Today last price21.85
Today Daily Change-0.12
Today Daily Change %-0.55
Today daily open21.97
 
Trends
Daily SMA2023.17
Daily SMA5023.43
Daily SMA10021.86
Daily SMA20021
 
Levels
Previous Daily High22.08
Previous Daily Low21.79
Previous Weekly High22.62
Previous Weekly Low21.84
Previous Monthly High24.55
Previous Monthly Low22.76
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%21.9
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%21.97
Daily Pivot Point S121.82
Daily Pivot Point S221.66
Daily Pivot Point S321.53
Daily Pivot Point R122.11
Daily Pivot Point R222.24
Daily Pivot Point R322.4

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Christian Borjon Valencia

Markets analyst, news editor, and trading instructor with over 14 years of experience across FX, commodities, US equity indices, and global macro markets.

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