Swiss franc rises to two-week high vs dollar and pressures key obstacles
Strong acceleration lower pushed the USDCHF to two-week low on Thursday.
Swiss franc advanced nearly 1% until early US trading, marking the biggest one-day gain since late December, underpinned by better than expected Swiss Q1 GDP numbers and comments from SNB chief Jordan, who pointed to small upward risk to inflation forecast and faded expectations for another rate cut in June.
Fresh weakness increased risk of completion Head and Shoulders pattern on daily chart (the neckline lays just under psychological 0.90 support) which could signal deeper correction of 0.8332/0.9224 Dec/May uptrend.
Technical structure on daily chart is weakening (south heading 14-d momentum cracks the centreline and daily Tenkan-sen and Kijun-sen remain in bearish configuration however, bears may face increased headwinds from the top of thick rising daily cloud (0.9039), guarding next pivots at 0.9000 zone.
Upticks should be limited and not exceed daily Tenkan-sen (0.9101) to keep fresh bears in play.
Res: 0.9090; 0.9101; 0.9141; 0.9158
Sup: 0.9039; 0.9000; 0.8918; 0.8883