Tag Archives: 1) SNB and CHF

Swiss National Bank – © J0hnb0y | Dreamstime.com The Swiss National Bank (SNB), Switzerland’s central bank, has earned CHF 388 million from negative interest rates since introducing them in 2014 to tame the rising strength of the Swiss Franc, according to the newspaper SonntagsBlick. On 15 January 2015, the SNB announced that it was abandoning its policy of maintaining an exchange rate cap of 1.20 francs to 1.00 euro. At the same time it increased negative interest...

The intraday pullback finds decent support ahead of 0.9900 handle. Move beyond 0.9935 will set the stage for additional near-term gains. The USD/CHF pair did witness some intraday pullback but showed some resilience below 38.2% Fibonacci level of the 1.0028-0.9837 recent downfall. The pair managed to find decent support near 200-hour SMA and has now moved back closer to over one-week tops set earlier this Friday. Meanwhile, technical indicators on the 4-hourly chart...

US Dollar strengthens during the American session after US data.  Swiss Franc fails to benefit from the demand for safe-haven assets.  The USD/CHF pair rebounded at 0.9890 and climbed to 0.9930, the highest level since October 17. As of writing, trades at 0.9920, up almost 20 pips for the day, on its way to the fourth daily gain in-a-row. The key event today was the European Central Bank meeting but it had a limited impact on currencies. “In a relatively relaxed...

USD/CHF trades near the weekly top following a sustained break of the key resistance confluence. 50% Fibonacci retracement, multiple resistance lines on the buyers’ radar. On early Friday, the USD/CHF pair trades successfully above 21 and 200-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) confluence while taking the bids to 0.9925. However, the bearish signal from 12-bar Moving Average Convergence and Divergence (MACD) raises doubts over the pair’s further upside. If not, 50%...

USD/CHF struggles to hold the latest recovery gains. A seven-week-old rising trend line, 50% Fibonacci retracement acts as the closest upside barrier. 61.8% of Fibonacci retracement offers adjacent support. The USD/CHF pair’s recovery from 0.9840 seems to lack momentum as the quote witnesses a pullback to 0.9900 ahead of the European session opening on Wednesday. With this, the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level of September-October rise, at 0.9885, acts as the close...

Today, the Swiss National Bank is opening the SNB Forum on the ground floor of its premises at Fraumünsterstrasse 8 in Zurich. This has been created as part of the mult i-yearrenovation of this building, and is open to the public. The SNB Forum’s content is aimed at an interested expert audience – visitors will be able to find out all about the National Bank at the site. In addition, the Forum will function as an issue and return point for literature from the SNB...

USD/CHF seesaws around late-Friday tops. 100-HMA, Friday’s high will restrict the latest pullback. September month low can please sellers during the declines. Failure to extend the latest recovery seems to portray the USD/CHF pair’s weakness as it trades around 0.9870 amid pre-European session on Tuesday. The pair trades below 100-Hour Simple Moving Average (HMA) and Friday’s high, around 0.9900, which holds the key to pair’s further recovery towards a 200-HMA level...

USD/CHF bounces off from a multi-week low. 38.2% Fibonacci retracement, late-September bottoms can question the recent upside. The USD/CHF pair’s latest recovery is less likely to prevail for long unless clearing near-term key resistance area. The quote seesaws around 0.9860 by the press time of the pre-European session on Monday. While 50% Fibonacci retracement of late-August to the early-October upside, at 0.9870, can act as an immediate upside barrier, 0.9900/10...

USD/CHF remains under heavy pressure after the London close.  The level to beat for bears is the 0.9871 level.  USD/CHF daily chart On the daily chart, USD/CHF is trading in a sideways trend, now challenging the 50 and 100-day simple moving averages (DSMAs) below the 0.9900 handle. USD/CHF daily chart(see more posts on USD/CHF, ) - Click to enlarge USD/CHF four-hour chart USD/CHF is under bearish pressure below the main SMAs as the market is trading at its...

USD/CHF struggles around 38.2% Fibonacci retracement after declining to a three-week low. Bearish MACD favors further downpour to 0.9800/9795 support-zone. With its sustained trading below 50-day SMA, coupled with the bearish MACD, USD/CHF stays on the sellers’ radar even if it clings to 0.9880 during early Friday. The September 24 low nearing 0.9840 acts as immediate support for the pair while the previous month low and 23.6% Fibonacci retracement of April-August...