Canadian Dollar Short-term Outlook: USD/CAD Bulls Brace for BoC
Canadian Dollar Technical Outlook: USD/CAD Short-term Trade Levels
- USD/CAD attempting third weekly advance- bulls stall at major technical resistance
- Bank of Canada interest rate decision / US CPI on tap- risk for major inflection ahead
- Resistance 1.4189-1.42 (key), 1.4310, 1.4350/57- Support 1.4085, 1.4005, 1.3978/90 (key)
The US Dollar has rallied more than 1.3% since the start of the month with the late-September rally testing major technical resistance today. The focus now shifts to major event risk tomorrow with the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Bank of Canada interest rate decision on tap. Battle lines drawn on the USD/CAD short-term technical charts.
Canadian Dollar Price Chart – USD/CAD Daily
Chart Prepared by Michael Boutros, Sr. Technical Strategist; USD/CAD on TradingView
Technical Outlook: In last month’s Canadian Dollar Short-term Outlook we highlighted the threat for a deeper pullback in USD/CAD after price exhausted into confluent resistance and that, “Ultimately, losses would need to be limited to 1.3881 for the September uptrend to remain viable with a close above 1.4089 needed to mark uptrend resumption.” USD/CAD briefly registered an intraday low at 1.3927 before rebounding sharply higher with the advance stretching into confluent resistance today at 1.4189-1.42- looking for a reaction here with the immediate advance vulnerable while below.
Canadian Dollar Price Chart – USD/CAD 240min
Chart Prepared by Michael Boutros, Sr. Technical Strategist; USD/CAD on TradingView
Notes: A closer look at Canadian Dollar price action shows the USD/CAD continuing to trade within the confines of the ascending pitchfork we’ve been tracking off the September/October low. Note that the upper parallel further highlights resistance into the 1.42-handle and the focus is on a possible inflection off this threshold over the next few days.
A topside breach / close above would likely fuel another accelerated advance towards subsequent resistance objectives at the 61.8% extension of the 2021 advance at 1.4310 and the 88.6% retracement of the 2020 decline / 2020 high-week close (HWC) at 1.4350/57. Both level of interest for possible topside exhaustion IF reached.
Initial support now rests back at the 78.6% retracement at 1.0485 – a break below the median-line would threaten a larger correction within the broader September uptrend towards the objective monthly open at 1.4005 and 1.3978/90- a region defined by the 2022 high and the 2020 March weekly reversal close. We’ll reserve this threshold as our medium-term bullish invalidation level and a close below this pivot zone would suggest a more significant high was registered this week / a larger trend reversal is underway. Next major support consideration rests with the 2022 high-close / 2023 high at 1.3881/99.
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