Silver Price Analysis: XAG/USD bulls retreat below $19.00 inside weekly triangle

• Silver consolidates the first weekly gains in eight inside nearly symmetrical triangle.
• Bullish MACD, sustained break of 50-SMA favor buyers.
• 100-SMA, yearly low act as additional trading filters.

Silver price (XAG/USD) struggles to extend the previous day’s run-up during the first positive in eight, picking up bids to $18.85 during Friday’s Asian session.

In doing so, the bright metal keeps the previous day’s breakout of the 50-SMA while staying inside a one-week-old symmetrical triangle.

That said, the metal’s sustained trading beyond 50-SMA and the bullish MACD signals direct buyers towards defying the triangle formation, with an upside break of the resistance line near $19.00.

However, the 100-SMA level of $19.20 acts as an extra filter to the north before directing XAG/USD bulls towards the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of June 27 to mid-July downturn, near $19.45, as well as the $20.00.

Alternatively, pullback moves remain elusive until the quote stays above 50-SMA support of $18.78.

Following that, $18.50 and the stated triangle’s support line, at $18.25 by the press time, will challenge the silver sellers.

It should be observed that the yearly low surrounding $18.15 and the $18.00 round figure could act as extra supports to watch during the quote’s weakness past $18.25.

In a case where the metal drops below $18.00, it can slump to March 2020 swing high near $17.60.

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