USD/CHF Price Analysis: Double top in play but sellers’ failure at 0.9520 could spark a test of 0.9600

• USD/CHF bounces off daily lows and remains above the 50% Fibonacci retracement level on the H1 chart.
• Disappointing US economic data triggers a counter-cyclical move with the US dollar rising rather than falling.
• The USD/CHF daily chart formed a double top that is in play, but the failure of USD/CHF sellers to break above 0.9520 could open the door for a rally towards 0.9600.

The USD/CHF is attempting to recover after six consecutive days of declines, although it has failed to break below the daily low of June 24 around 0.9561 and remains stuck within that day’s price action amid lack of further momentum above/below the range 0.9520-0.9630. At 0.9563, USD/CHF is up just 0.07% in the American session.

US stocks start to fall as market sentiment has turned sour. During the Asian session, positive news from China, which eased the lockdown for travellers, was overshadowed by a dismal reading on US consumer confidence, triggering a counter-cyclical move in the USD, and the dollar index. The US dollar advanced strongly near last Friday’s high of around 104.377, up 0.42%.

USD/CHF traders should note that negative US data from a growth standpoint can sometimes boost the greenback, as is happening today.

USD/CHF daily chart

A double top remains on the daily chart of USD/CHF. However, since last Friday, CHF buyers failed to make a fresh swing low below the 0.9520-0.9630 range, keeping the pair trapped. Meanwhile, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) at 39.72 is starting to show some signs of pointing slightly higher, but unless it breaks the 50 mid-line, the bias remains negative, and USD/CHF could probe the mean. 100 day moving (DMA) at 0.9508 in the short term.

USD/CHF 1 hour chart

USD/CHF is hovering around the daily pivot near 0.9573, with the 50, 100 and 200 Simple Moving Averages (SMAs) above the exchange rate. However, the pullback from the daily highs around 0.9586 could be short-lived as price jumped from near the 50% Fibonacci retracement at 0.9560 following the London deal.

If USD/CHF breaks above the 50 SMA at 0.9568, a retest of the daily highs is anticipated. That said, the next major resistance would be the daily pivot at 0.9573, followed by the 100 SMA confluence and daily high near 0.9586-88, followed by the R1 daily pivot at 0.9600.

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