Silver Price Analysis: XAG/USD bears stay hopeful below $26.00, H&S in the offing

Silver refreshes intraday low to pare weekly gains.

Downbeat MACD conditions, bearish chart pattern favor sellers.

Bulls need successful break of 50-HMA to reject bearish bias.

The bearish bias takes clues from MACD amid looming bear-cross, between the MACD line and the signal line. Also favoring the odds of the quotes further downside is the failure to cross the 50-HMA.

Above all, the XAG/USD prices portray a Head-and-Shoulders (H&S) chart formation on the hourly play, which in turn teases the bears.

That said, a clear downside break of the neckline, around $25.30, will confirm the H&S formation and can direct the quote towards the mid-$23.00s. However, the $25.00 threshold may offer an intermediate halt during the fall.

Meanwhile, recovery moves need to cross the 50-HMA level surrounding $25.95 to recall the XAG/USD bulls, a break of which will could redirect the metal towards the monthly high of $26.95.

In a case where silver prices remain firmer above $26.95, also cross the $27.00 threshold, buyers can aim for June 2021 high near $28.55.

Silver: Hourly chart