USD/CHF Price Forecast: Extends Winning Streak For Fourth Trading Day

By Sagar Dua of FXStreet

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 6:33 AM EDT

The USD/CHF pair extends its winning spree for the third trading day on Wednesday. The Swiss Franc pair gains to near 0.9050, while the US Dollar (USD) wobbles ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes, which will be published at 19:00 GMT. The US Dollar Index (DXY), which gauges the Greenback’s value against six major currencies, trades near 107.00.

Investors await the FOMC minutes for the January policy meeting to get cues about how long the Federal Reserve (Fed) will continue with its restrictive monetary policy stance. The Fed left interest rates steady in the range of 4.25%-4.50% in January and guided that monetary policy adjustments won’t be appropriate until officials see “real progress in inflation or at least some weakness in the labor market”.

Meanwhile, the market sentiment is slightly favorable for risk-sensitive assets even though United States (US) President Donald Trump threatens to raise 25% tariffs on foreign cars, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors. It appears that investors are less concerned about Trump’s tariffs due to the absence of details about the timeframe.

The Swiss Franc (CHF) underperforms broadly as the Swiss National Bank (SNB) is expected to adopt an ultra-dovish monetary policy stance to uplift inflationary pressures, which have come down to 0.4%, the lowest level seen since May 2021.

USD/CHF strives to revisit its 15-month high, around 0.9200. The outlook of the Swiss Franc pair remains firm as the 20-week Exponential Moving Average (EMA) near 0.8950 is sloping higher.

The 14-week Relative Strength Index (RSI) falls into the 40.00-60.00 from the bullish range of 60.00-80.00, suggesting that the upside momentum has faded. However, the upside bias is intact.

For a fresh upside toward the round-level resistance of 0.9300 and the 16 March 2023 high of 0.9342, the asset needs to break decisively above the October 2023 high of 0.9244.

On the flip side, a downside move below the psychological support of 0.9000 would drag the asset towards the November 22 high of 0.8958, followed by the December 16 low of 0.8900.

USD/CHF weekly chart

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