US Dollar Index Technical Analysis: DXY drops sharply as Fed’s Powell delivers dovish comments


DXY daily chart 

  • The US Dollar Index (DXY) is trading in a bull trend above its main simple moving averages. 
  • Today’s down move was triggered by dovish comments from Fed’s Powell. 
  • Bears are set to close below the 97.00 psychological level as technical indicators are decelerating.

DXY 4-hour chart

  • DXY plunged down to find some support at the 50 SMA. 
  • 97.00 and 97.25 become the new resistances. 
  • Technical indicators have turned bearish suggesting potential losses ahead.

DXY 30-minute chart

  • After the fresh sell-off, there can be a pullback up to 97.00 as the market might want to test the 200 SMA and the round number. 
  • If the bears keep the momentum going the next main target to the downside is likely located near the 96.30 level. 

Additional key levels

Dollar Index Spot

Overview:
    Today Last Price: 96.86
    Today Daily change: -50 pips
    Today Daily change %: -0.514%
    Today Daily Open: 97.36
Trends:
    Previous Daily SMA20: 96.76
    Previous Daily SMA50: 95.98
    Previous Daily SMA100: 95.55
    Previous Daily SMA200: 93.79
Levels:
    Previous Daily High: 97.5
    Previous Daily Low: 96.97
    Previous Weekly High: 96.98
    Previous Weekly Low: 96.04
    Previous Monthly High: 97.2
    Previous Monthly Low: 94.79
    Previous Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 97.3
    Previous Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 97.17
    Previous Daily Pivot Point S1: 97.05
    Previous Daily Pivot Point S2: 96.75
    Previous Daily Pivot Point S3: 96.52
    Previous Daily Pivot Point R1: 97.58
    Previous Daily Pivot Point R2: 97.81
    Previous Daily Pivot Point R3: 98.11

 

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