{"id":114920,"date":"2017-10-17T08:32:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T12:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=114920"},"modified":"2018-06-01T15:55:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:55:33","slug":"daily-market-report-usdchf-needs-a-bullish-spark-october-17-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/10\/daily-market-report-usdchf-needs-a-bullish-spark-october-17-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Market Report \u2013 USD\/CHF Needs A Bullish Spark October 17, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-1935930450\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">October 17, 2017<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><b>By<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/mexgroup.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mexgroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The USD\/CHF increases and resumed the yesterday&#8217;s minor bullish candle, but is facing a tough resistance level. The USD has taken the lead again and is driving the rate higher, but still, needs a helping hand from the United States data to be able to jump much higher in the upcoming period.<\/p>\n<p>The greenback increases as the dollar index have managed to climb much higher. USDX is trading above the 93.50 psychological level and could hit the 93.81 static resistance if the United States data will come in better than expected.<\/p>\n<p>The US Industrial production is expected to increase by 0.3% in the previous month versus the 0.9% drop in the former reading period, while the Capacity Utilization Rate could be reported at 76.2%, higher versus the 76.1% estimate. The Import Prices will be released as well and are expected to increase by 0.6%, matching the 0.6% growth in the former reading period.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17usdchf.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4093\" src=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17usdchf.png\" alt=\"17usdchf\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17usdchf.png 1200w, http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17usdchf-300x157.png 300w, http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17usdchf-768x401.png 768w, http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17usdchf-1024x535.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Price increased and jumped above the outside sliding line (SL) of the descending pitchfork and above the upper median line (UML). USD\/CHF climbed above the 0.9787 static resistance, but failed to stay above it and now is waiting for the US data to come out.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve said in the previous report that the pair may increase after the false breakdown below the WL2 and after the failure to close on this level. Only a valid breakout above the 0.9787 static resistance will confirm a further increase.<\/p><div id=\"inves-3136023421\" class=\"inves-in-content inves-entity-placement\"><hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads_header\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size:10px; float:left; color:#666;\">Free Reports:<\/p><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads\"> \r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/graph_techs_PD.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t     <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><b><u>Get Our Free Metatrader 4 Indicators<\/u><\/b><\/a> - Put Our Free MetaTrader 4 Custom Indicators on your charts when you join our Weekly Newsletter<\/p><br><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cot_pie_80.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><b><u>Get our Weekly Commitment of Traders Reports<\/u><\/b><\/a> - See where the biggest traders (Hedge Funds and Commercial Hedgers) are positioned in the futures markets on a weekly basis.<\/p><br><br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<br><\/div>\n<p><strong>Brent Oil Losing Momentum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17Brent.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4095\" src=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17Brent.png\" alt=\"17Brent\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17Brent.png 1200w, http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17Brent-300x157.png 300w, http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17Brent-768x401.png 768w, http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17Brent-1024x535.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Brent Oil rallied in the last two days and reached the 58.64 level, but failed to stay there. Price increased today and tries to climb towards the yesterday&#8217;s high, but the bulls seem exhausted. The near-term upside targets will be at the upside line of the up channel and at the 59.50 previous high. A failure to reach these levels will signal a minor retreat, while a drop below the 57.72 level and below the ML will confirm a larger drop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EUR\/CHF Struggling To Stay Higher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17eurchf-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4097\" src=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17eurchf-1.png\" alt=\"17eurchf\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17eurchf-1.png 1200w, http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17eurchf-1-300x157.png 300w, http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17eurchf-1-768x401.png 768w, http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/17eurchf-1-1024x535.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rate has reached new lows today, but has squeezed a little and tries to stay near the 1.1504 \u00a0yesterday&#8217;s closing price. It is somehow expected to reach the upper median line (uml) of the minor ascending pitchfork. Is trading right above the 1.1500 psychological level, but if will close below this obstacle a below the upper median line (uml) of the ascending pitchfork will confirm a drop at least till the median line (ml) of the ascending pitchfork.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Olimpiu Tuns &#8211; Market Analyst <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Profil1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3612\" src=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Profil1-1.png\" alt=\"Profil1\" width=\"100\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I graduated a Master in Business Administration, I am a Market Analyst \/ Trader on Financial Markets (forex, commodities, futures, options) for more than 6 years, I use technical and fundamental analysis for my daily activity. Founder and Market Analyst at ovtbusiness.com (Financial Markets Blog) and contributor on investing.com, actionforex.com,\u00a0 countingpips.com, forexalchemy.com, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 17.55pt 0in;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #1a1a1a;\">Risk Disclaimer:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; margin: 0in 0in 17.55pt 0in;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #1a1a1a;\">Trading, in general, is very risky and is not suited for everyone. There is always a chance of losing some or all of your initial investment\/deposit, so do not invest money you can&#8217;t afford to lose. You are strongly advised to carry out your independent research before making any trading decisions.\u00a0 All the analysis, market reports posted on this site are only educational and do not constitute an investment advice or recommendation to open or close positions on international financial markets. The author is not responsible for any loss of profit or damage which may arise from transactions made based on any information on this website.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\/daily-market-report-usdchf-needs-bullish-spark-october-17-2017\/\">Daily Market Report &#8211; USD\/CHF Needs A Bullish Spark October 17, 2017<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.mexgroup.com\/blog\">mexgroupblog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mexgroup.com The USD\/CHF increases and resumed the yesterday&#8217;s minor bullish candle, but is facing a tough resistance level. The USD has taken the lead again and is driving the rate higher, but still, needs a helping hand from the United States data to be able to jump much higher in the upcoming period. 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