Euro-Dollar Rate Forecast to Top Out Near Current Levels: Credit Suisse Techs
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Technical analysis from Credit Suisse shows the Euro's recent rally against the U.S. Dollar is closing in on levels that could well prompt a reversal.
"We continue to look for resistances at 1.1992/97 to ideally cap and for a top to be found here," says David Sneddon, Global Head of Technical Analysis at Credit Suisse.
The call comes at a time of recovery for the Euro-to-Dollar exchange rate (EUR/USD), which rallied by a percent in the first week of April and has added a further 0.70% advance this week.
The pair has recovered back above 1.19 and eyes turn to the psychologically significant 1.20 region from here.
"EURUSD has pushed higher again and extends its concerted test of resistance from its 55-day average and mid-March highs at 1.1990/92. Despite the current strong tone, we continue to look for this to ideally cap on a closing basis and for the risk to eventually turn lower again," says Sneddon.
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Resistance is noted at 1.1992/97 which "ideally caps" any advances says Sneddon, with support now seen at 1.1950/46, then 1.1871/60.
The EUR/USD exchange rate is seen at 1.1980 at the time of publication on Thursday.
"Support moves to 1.1950/46 initially, below which is needed to ease the immediate pressure off this resistance for a fall back to 1.1928/23, then 1.1883," says Sneddon.
He adds that a break below 1.1871/60 is needed to see a small top complete to confirm we have seen a more important topside failure, for a fall back to 1.1795 initially.
The analyst says a close above 1.1992/97 though would instead suggest we have seen a more important low established near the 1.1695 key retracement support/target (38.2% of the 2020/2021 uptrend), which potentially clears the way for further strength to resistance at 1.2022/27 next and "then more importantly at the March high and 61.88% retracement of the 2021 fall at 1.2103/13".
