{"id":66556,"date":"2026-03-18T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/?p=66556"},"modified":"2026-03-18T07:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:54:55","slug":"chart-greenback-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/2026\/03\/18\/chart-greenback-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Chart of the Day: Is There Momentum in the Greenback?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Dollar index flirted with multiyear lows in January, but now momentum could be building in the other direction.<\/p>\n<p>The first pattern on today\u2019s chart is the January peak around 99.40. The greenback stalled at the level in early March but cleared it last week. It\u2019s now pulled back and is trying to hold the same price zone. Has old resistance become &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>For more, please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/DXY\/5JdHJMDb-Momentum-in-the-Greenback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>\u00a0to view the related idea and chart analysis on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/promo\/cash-reward-tv\/\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_66557\" style=\"width: 1845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66557\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66557\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/DXY_20260318_BZKDal8B.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1835\" height=\"917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/DXY_20260318_BZKDal8B.png 1835w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/DXY_20260318_BZKDal8B-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/DXY_20260318_BZKDal8B-1024x512.png 1024w, 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