Silver Price Analysis: XAG/USD sellers attack 13-day-old support line

Silver probes intraday low, drops for the third consecutive day.
Sustained trading below 50-HMA, bearish MACD favor sellers, 200-HMA adds filters to the downside.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

Silver declines to $26.97, down 0.70% intraday, during the pre-European session trading on Friday. The metal has been pressured for the last three days and is currently challenging an upward sloping trend line from December 22.

Considering sluggish MACD and RSI conditions, not to forget extended trading below 50-HMA, silver is likely to break the immediate support line around $26.95 and test the 200-HMA level of $26.81.

While late-December top near $26.78 offers additional support, a break of which may not hesitate to conquer the $26.00 round-figure.

Alternatively, an upside break of 50-HMA, currently at $27.20, will have multiple resistances near $27.40 and $27.65 ahead of challenging Wednesday’s high of $27.92.

During the silver buyers’ dominance past-$27.92, September 2020 peak surrounding $28.90 and the $29.00 can offer intermediate stops before pushing them to the year 2020 high of $29.85.

Silver hourly chart

Trend: Further weakness expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	26.98
Today Daily Change	-0.20
Today Daily Change %	-0.74%
Today daily open	27.18

Trends
Daily SMA20	25.97
Daily SMA50	24.83
Daily SMA100	25.07
Daily SMA200	21.97

Levels
Previous Daily High	27.36
Previous Daily Low	26.92
Previous Weekly High	26.78
Previous Weekly Low	25.91
Previous Monthly High	27.41
Previous Monthly Low	22.59
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	27.09
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	27.19
Daily Pivot Point S1	26.94
Daily Pivot Point S2	26.71
Daily Pivot Point S3	26.5
Daily Pivot Point R1	27.38
Daily Pivot Point R2	27.59
Daily Pivot Point R3	27.83

Author

Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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