Silver Price Analysis: XAG/USD plummets from 8-month highs to $22.20s

Silver price plunges 3.74%, on high US Treasury yields, back below $22.30.
Silver Price Analysis: A daily close below $22.24 would exacerbate a fall further; otherwise, a re-test of $23.00 is possible.

Christian Borjon Valencia FXStreet

Silver price collapsed from around $23.51 daily high down to $22.23, spurred by high US Treasury yields caused by upbeat US economic data justifying the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) need to continue increasing borrowing costs. Therefore, the XAG/USD drops 3.90%, trading at $22.25.

Silver Price Analysis: XAG/USD Technical Outlook

The XAG/USD daily chart portrays the white metal as upward biased, despite falling from multi-month highs. Should be noted that XAG/USD is testing the November 15 daily high of 22.24, which, once cleared, would exacerbate a deeper correction toward the $22.00 psychological mark, followed by the 200-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $21.02.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) exited from overbought conditions, triggering a sell signal that caused Monday’s dive, while the Rate of Change (RoC) depicts buyers losing momentum.

Therefore, the XAG/USD might be headed for a pullback. However, if XAG/USD holds its reins above $22.24, that could open the door for consolidation. Hence, the XAG/USD first resistance would be the $22.50 mark, followed by the $23.00 figure. Break above will expose the multi-month high of $23.50.

Silver Key Technical Levels

XAG/USD

Overview
Today last price	22.26
Today Daily Change	-0.88
Today Daily Change %	-3.80
Today daily open	23.14

Trends
Daily SMA20	21.51
Daily SMA50	20.22
Daily SMA100	19.76
Daily SMA200	21.32

Levels
Previous Daily High	23.24
Previous Daily Low	22.28
Previous Weekly High	23.24
Previous Weekly Low	20.87
Previous Monthly High	22.25
Previous Monthly Low	18.84
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	22.87
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	22.64
Daily Pivot Point S1	22.53
Daily Pivot Point S2	21.93
Daily Pivot Point S3	21.57
Daily Pivot Point R1	23.49
Daily Pivot Point R2	23.84
Daily Pivot Point R3	24.45

Author

Christian Borjon Valencia

FXStreet

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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