EURCHF—sputtering along

The pair reached a high of 1.3963 before falling back a bit and it looks as though the psychological number of 1.40 may be tantalizingly out of reach. However, while short sellers are coming in, one needs to be careful. For one thing, there's still the chance of Swiss bank intervention, which is sort of becoming like the elephant in the room but there you go.

It still appears unlikely to me that this strong down trend is going to reverse upwards. Currently, it's being held back by the 1.40 psychological and prior support as well as a short-term downtrend line.

But my long from 1.3787 is up 143 pips and is profit-stopped, I had a nice little profit on my other long this past Friday, so I'll sit tight for now. I am quite happy to reverse on this pair should momentum, as represented by RSI, begin breaking down.

Resistance is at 1.3963, 1. 4000, 1.4044, and 1.4179. Support is at 1.3870, 1.3816, 1.3774, and 1.3734.

Here's the three-hour chart:
















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