US Dollar Index Technical Analysis: DXY drops sharply on Federal Reserve dovishness

DXY daily chart 

  • The US Dollar Index (DXY) is in a bull trend above 200-day simple moving average (SMA).
  • FOMC keeps the target for fed funds rate unchanged at 2.25% - 2.5% range. 

DXY 4-hour chart

  • DXY is trading below its main SMAs suggesting a bearish bias in the medium-term. 

DXY 30-minute chart

  • DXY is trading below the main SMAs and 95.00 is likely the next destination for DXY bears.
  • Resistance is seen at 95.70. 

Additional key levels

Dollar Index Spot

Overview:
    Today Last Price: 95.43
  
    Today Daily change %: -0.42%
    Today Daily Open: 95.83
Trends:
    Daily SMA20: 96
    Daily SMA50: 96.54
    Daily SMA100: 96.13
    Daily SMA200: 95.24
Levels:
    Previous Daily High: 95.87
    Previous Daily Low: 95.62
    Previous Weekly High: 96.68
    Previous Weekly Low: 95.75
    Previous Monthly High: 97.71
    Previous Monthly Low: 96.06
    Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 95.77
    Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 95.72
    Daily Pivot Point S1: 95.68
    Daily Pivot Point S2: 95.52
    Daily Pivot Point S3: 95.43
    Daily Pivot Point R1: 95.93
    Daily Pivot Point R2: 96.02
    Daily Pivot Point R3: 96.18

 

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