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USD/CHF trades with a positive bias for the fourth consecutive session. The 0.9700 mark might now act as a strong base for bullish traders. The USD/CHF pair edged higher for the fourth consecutive session on Thursday and is currently placed near one-week tops, levels just below mid-0.9700s. Any subsequent positive move is likely to confront stiff resistance near the 0.9765-70 region (testing twice in January) and kept a lid on any further gains. The mentioned barrier...

USD/CHF edges higher for the fourth consecutive session on Thursday. The risk-on mood weighed on the safe-haven CHF and remained supportive. A pullback in the US bond yields kept a lid on the USD and capped gains. The USD/CHF pair now seems to have entered a bullish consolidation phase and was seen oscillating in a narrow trading band near one-week tops, just below mid-0.9700s. The pair added to its positive momentum witnessed since the beginning of this week and...

USD/CHF registers four-day winning streak, nears one-week high. A falling trend line since December 25, seven-week-old horizontal resistance limits the immediate upside. Overbought RSI conditions increase the odds of a pullback. USD/CHF remains mildly positive while gaining 0.07% to 0.9745 amid the pre-Europe session on Thursday. Overbought RSI conditions, coupled with multiple key resistance lines, question the pair’s further upside. As a result, sellers will look...

USD/CHF gains positive traction for the third consecutive session on Wednesday. Optimism over coronavirus treatment triggered a fresh wave of global risk-on trade. The USD benefitted from surging US bond yields and remained support ahead of data. The USD/CHF pair surged through the 0.9700 round-figure mark and climbed to near one-week tops in the last hour, albeit retreated few pips thereafter. The pair gained some follow-through traction for the third consecutive...

USD/CHF extends recovery from mid-January lows. A ten-week-old falling trend line, short-term horizontal resistance area will challenge the pair’s latest pullback. The pair’s break of yearly low can push the bears towards late-2018 lows. USD/CHF takes the bids to 0.9700 during the pre-European session on Wednesday. That said, 21-day EMA limits the pair’s immediate upside amid the bullish MACD signals. Even if the pair manages to clear the 0.9700 mark on a daily...

USD/CHF confronts 23.6% Fibonacci retracement following the bounce off 21-day SMA. Early month lows add to the support while 38.2% Fibonacci retracement, 50-day SMA will challenge recovery moves. USD/CHF takes the bids to 0.9707 during the pre-Europe session on Friday. In doing so, the pair repeats the tendency of staying beyond 21-day SMA while also confronting 23.6% Fibonacci retracement of its declines from November 29, 2019, to January 16, 2020. The sustained...

USD/CHF snaps two-day winning streak, reversed from monthly resistance line. Buyers will remain hopeful unless the channel’s support breaks. 50% and 38.2% of Fibonacci retracements could offer intermediate halts during the declines. USD/CHF declines to 0.9728, -0.11%, by the press time of early Thursday. The pair recently reversed from an ascending trend line since December 29, 2019. Even so, it stays inside the short-term bullish technical formation. Considering the...

USD/CHF trades successfully above 21-day SMA, 23.6% Fibonacci retracement. Positive oscillators favor further upside, 0.9832/37 can stop buyers beyond 50-day SMA. 0.9600 will gain the bear’s attention below the monthly bottom. USD/CHF takes the bids to 0.9740, following an intra-day high of 0.9744, amid the initial trading session on Wednesday. The pair recently crossed 21-day SMA and 23.6% Fibonacci retracement of its October 2019 to January 16, 2020 low. If the...

USD/CHF stays beyond 23.6% Fibonacci retracement but fails to clear a fortnight-long falling trend line. 200-bar SMA, 61.8% Fibonacci retracement add to resistance. USD/CHF pierces 0.9700 by the press time of early Tuesday. The pair have recently been recovering but a downward sloping trend line since January 16 caps immediate upside. Even if the buyers cross 0.9715 resistance line, 200-bar SMA and 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of its December 24, 20119 to January 16,...

USD/CHF confronts near-term key resistances. The previous week’s low can lure short-term sellers. 50-day EMA, 38.2% Fibonacci retracement confluence add to the resistance. USD/CHF struggles to extend the latest recovery while trading around 0.9700 during Monday’s Asian session. 21-day EMA and 23.6% Fibonacci retracement of the pair’s declines from November 2019 to the current month low seem to restrict the immediate upside. In addition to 0.9711 immediate resistance...