US Dollar Index From a Technician’s Point of View

Buyers and Sellers Squaring Off Between Monthly Support and Resistance

Monthly resistance from 109.33 was a technical headwind I monitored on the US Dollar Index for a while, and so far, it has not disappointed me. The said resistance welcomed moderate selling in February, and although the combination of the 107.35 high (October 2023) and 106.52 high (April 2024) could offer monthly support (see two red arrows), I am also watching the ‘local’ descending monthly support as a potential downside objective, taken from the noted high of 107.35.

Daily AB=CD Support Holds Firm

Meanwhile, price action on the daily timeframe reveals the Index rebounded from an area made up of ‘AB=CD support’ between the 1.272% Fibonacci projection ratio at 105.77 and a 100% projection ratio of 106.65. It is common for AB=CD traders to target the 38.2% and 61.8% Fibonacci retracement ratios that are derived from legs A-D, which, in this case, rest at 107.70 and 108.64, respectively.

You may also note that the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement ratio shares chart space closely with resistance from 107.77. In addition, short-term flow on the H1 timeframe witnessed price rebound from support at 107.24 and shake hands with resistance at 107.61, a 61.8% Fibonacci retracement ratio that unites with trendline support-turned-resistance, taken from the low of 106.57.

Daily/H1 Resistances in Focus

Given possible monthly support in play from between 106.52 and 107.35, together with daily price manoeuvring from AB=CD support at 105.77-106.65 to within striking distance of resistance at 107.77 and H1 price connecting with resistance around 107.61, this is a thorny market to trade right now and hinges on how price behaves at the aforementioned daily/H1 resistances.

Engulfing the noted resistances unearths a possible bullish scenario to the 50-day simple moving average at 108.00, followed by a potential move towards the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement ratio at 108.64 on the daily chart. On the other hand, should bears take control of the current resistances, I would look for the unit to retest (and eventually consume) H1 support at 107.24 to potentially target H1 support at 106.75 (located just north of the daily AB=CD support zone).

Written by FP Markets Market Analyst Aaron Hill

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