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USDCHF on Friday dropped -0.04% to 0.89200. Week ending 2023-04-21 moved lower by -0.09%. What happened.

USDCHF on Friday dropped -0.04% to 0.89200. Week ending 2023-04-21 moved lower by -0.09%. What happened.

USDCHF Analysis

Performance
Period Pct Chg Momentum
Friday -0.04% -4 Pips
Week 2023-04-21 -0.09% -8 Pips
April -2.49% -228 Pips

Upcoming key events for the new week (London Time)

Wed 01:30 PM USD Durable Goods Orders
Wed 01:30 PM USD Nondefense Capital Goods Orders excluding Aircraft
Thu 01:30 PM USD Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims
Thu 01:30 PM USD GDP Annualized
Fri 09:00 AM CHF SNB’s Chairman Thomas Jordan speech

What happened over the week

In the week ending 15 April, the Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims rose to 245K compared to 240K, revised from 239K in the previous report Source: Department of Labor
🇺🇸 Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey in April exceed forecast and dropped to -31.3 points compared to previous figure -23.2 points in March
🇺🇸 Building Permits (1-mth) in March below forecast and dropped to 1.413M compared to previous figure 1.55, revised from 1.524M in February Source: Census Bureau




USDCHF Daily Chart by TradingView

What can we expect from USDCHF for the new week and what happened on Friday?

USDCHF on Friday dropped -0.04% to 0.89200. Price is below 9-Day EMA while Stochastic is falling. For the week ending 2023-04-21, the pair dropped -0.09% or -8 pips lower.

Looking ahead on Monday, USDCHF looks mixed as the pair is likely to consolidate above week low of 0.89070.

For the new week, our technical outlook is mixed. To see upside interest, we prefer to look at price breakout of week high of 0.90029 or at least consolidates above Weekly Pivot level of 0.89433. On the downside, we are looking at week low 0.89070 or 0.88837 (WS1) as immediate support level. USDCHF need to break on either side to indicate a short-term bias. A close below week low of 0.89070 would indicate selling pressure.

For the month of April, USDCHF is down by -2.49% or -228 pips lower.

Weekly key levels to watch out:

R3 0.90755
R2 0.90392
R1 0.89796
Weekly Pivot 0.89433
S1 0.88837
S2 0.88474
S3 0.87878

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