USDX technical analysis for January 22, 2016

The US dollar index spiked higher towards 99.80 during the press conference of ECB president Mario Draghi. Mainly because of the weak EUR/USD pair, the index rallied, but got rejected at the upper resistance boundary of a bearish wedge formation I pointed out a couple days ago.

Blue lines - bearish wedge pattern

The index continues to trade above the Ichimoku cloud support of 98.90. The rejection was not a good sign for dollar bulls yesterday, but the fact that sellers did not manage to breakout below the cloud was also not a good sign for bears. The index is trapped inside this wedge pattern, so only in case of a breakout above or below it, things will clear up.

On a daily basis, the price remains above the Ichimoku cloud and this is a positive sign. However, bulls will need to breakout above 100.50 for a new short-term trend to start. Otherwise, they can see the index reversing and pushing lower towards 97. I'm bearish as long as the price is below 100.50.The material has been provided by InstaForex Company - www.instaforex.com