USDCNH Broke Below 6.8680 Key Support

After breaking below the lower support trend line of the triangle patter on the daily chart, USDCNH continued to break through the 6.8680 key support, indicating that the bearish movement from the January 3 high of 6.9867 has resumed. Further decline to test the support of the January 5 low of 6.7817 could be seen in a couple of weeks.

USDCNH Daily Chart
USDCNH Daily Chart

On the 1-hour chart, there is a bearish trend line with resistance at around 6.8475. As long as the USDCNH pair is below the trend line, the short term downtrend from 6.8876 could be expected to continue. The key resistance for the short term downtrend is at 6.8520, only a break above this level will indicate that consolidation for the downtrend is underway, then range trading between 6.8336 and 6.8600 could be seen.

USDCNH 1-hour Chart
USDCNH 1-hour Chart

For the long term analysis, the USDCNH pair stays in a bullish price channel on its weekly chart, suggesting that the pair remains in the long term uptrend from the January 2014 low of 6.0152, and the fall from 6.9867 could be treated as consolidation of the bullish movement. The bottom support trend line of the channel is now at around 6.7400, strong rebound could be expected after touching channel support.

USDCNH Weekly Chart

Technical levels

Support levels: 6.7817 (January 5 low), 6.7400 (the bottom trend line of the price channel on weekly chart).

Resistance levels: 6.8475 (the trend line resistance on 1-hour chart), 6.8520 (the key resistance of the short term downtrend).