Fundamental
Overview
The USD remains strong
across the board following the hawkish turn from Fed Chair Powell last week.
The repricing in interest rate expectations acted as a tailwind for the
greenback as Treasury yields rose and continue to trade at the recent highs. Businesses continue to
blame the tariff policy. Maybe the October US-China trade war weighed a bit on
sentiment, so we will see if next month’s report shows the same downbeat mood.
On the CHF side, nothing
has changed. The SNB left interest rates steady and kept everything unchanged
at the last meeting. SNB’s members continue to repeat that the bar for negative
rates is high, and Chairman Shlegel recently said that he expects inflation to
rise slightly in the next quarters.
USDCHF
Technical Analysis – Daily Timeframe
On the daily chart, we can
see that USDCHF is breaking above the key 0.8073 level. This is where we can
expect the buyers to increase the bullish bets into the 0.8171 level next. The
sellers, on the other hand, will want to see the price falling back below the
0.8073 level to pile in for a drop back into the 0.7872 level next.
USDCHF Technical
Analysis – 4 hour Timeframe
On the 4 hour chart, we can
see that we have a strong support zone around the 0.7980 level where we can
also find an upward trendline for confluence. Of course, we will need some bad
US data to get there as the buyers for now remain in control on the hawkish Fed
repricing.
If we do get there, we can
expect the buyers to step in around the support with a defined risk below the
trendline to position for a rally into new highs. The sellers, on the other
hand, will look for a break lower to increase the bearish bets into the 0.7872
level next.
USDCHF Technical Analysis – 1 hour Timeframe
On the 1 hour chart, we can
see that we have a minor upward trendline defining the bullish momentum on this
timeframe. The buyers will likely continue to lean on the trendline to keep
pushing into new highs, while the sellers will look for a break lower to target
a pullback into the 0.7980 support
