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USD/CHF Price Analysis: Seesawed in a 200-pip range, hovers around parity amid a soft US Dollar

  • USD/CHF is set to finish the week with losses of 0.45%.
  • Failure to reclaim 1.0027 would confirm the USD/CHF rising wedge break, which would target the 200-day EMA at 0.9567.

USD/CHF retraces from daily highs reached in the North American session around 1.0147 but trimmed its gains, plunging below 1.0000 towards its daily low at 0.9961, as the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan (BoJ) recognized intervening in the FX markets, propelling the yen a headwind for the USD/CHF. At the time of writing, the USD/CHF is trading at 1.0003, clinging to parity.

USD/CHF Price Forecast

The USD/CHF daily chart illustrates the pair broke above the top-trendline of a bearish rising wedge, though retraced within, on the BoJ intervention. As the BoJ hit the greenback, the USD/CHF tumbled below the bottom-trendline of the rising wedge, opening the door for further losses. Albeit the USD/CHF trimmed some of its losses, the major remains below the previously-mentioned trendline. So further downward action is warranted.

Therefore, the USD/CHF first support would be the parity. Break below will immediately expose the October 21 daily low at 0.9961, followed by the 20-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at 0.9928, ahead of 0.9900.

On the other hand, if the USD/CHF reclaims 1.0027, it would exacerbate a re-test of 1.0100, as buyers target the YTD high at 1.0147.

USD/CHF Key Technical Levels

USD/CHF

Overview
Today last price1.001
Today Daily Change-0.0022
Today Daily Change %-0.22
Today daily open1.0032
 
Trends
Daily SMA200.9922
Daily SMA500.9761
Daily SMA1000.9716
Daily SMA2000.9567
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1.0069
Previous Daily Low0.9995
Previous Weekly High1.0074
Previous Weekly Low0.9916
Previous Monthly High0.9966
Previous Monthly Low0.948
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1.0023
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1.004
Daily Pivot Point S10.9995
Daily Pivot Point S20.9958
Daily Pivot Point S30.9921
Daily Pivot Point R11.0069
Daily Pivot Point R21.0106
Daily Pivot Point R31.0143

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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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