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15 Jan 2015
USD/CAD breaches 1.1900
FXStreet (Edinburgh) - The greenback is losing its grip on Thursday, now sending USD/CAD to test 3-day lows in sub-1.1900 levels.
USD/CAD eyes on US calendar
Today’s releases in the US economy will give further clues regarding the direction for the pair, which continues to put further distance from the recent tops beyond 1.2000 the figure. Ahead in the session, US Initial Claims (310K exp.), Producer Prices and the Manufacturing Survey by the Philadelphia Fed are due, whereas the Canadian docket will remain empty until next week when the BoC will hold its monetary policy meeting. In the opinion of strategists at Soctiabank, “technicals continue to warn of upside risk, even as USDCAD breaks above 1.20. The RSI is nearing overbought levels, but there is still upside room”.
USD/CAD relevant levels
As of writing the pair is down 0.42% at 1.1894 and a breach of 1.1874 (10-d MA) would expose 1.1836 (low Jan.12). On the flip side, the next hurdle lines up at 1.2001 (hourly high Jan.14) ahead of 1.2017 (2015 high Jan.14) and then 1.2070 (low Apr.24 2009).
USD/CAD eyes on US calendar
Today’s releases in the US economy will give further clues regarding the direction for the pair, which continues to put further distance from the recent tops beyond 1.2000 the figure. Ahead in the session, US Initial Claims (310K exp.), Producer Prices and the Manufacturing Survey by the Philadelphia Fed are due, whereas the Canadian docket will remain empty until next week when the BoC will hold its monetary policy meeting. In the opinion of strategists at Soctiabank, “technicals continue to warn of upside risk, even as USDCAD breaks above 1.20. The RSI is nearing overbought levels, but there is still upside room”.
USD/CAD relevant levels
As of writing the pair is down 0.42% at 1.1894 and a breach of 1.1874 (10-d MA) would expose 1.1836 (low Jan.12). On the flip side, the next hurdle lines up at 1.2001 (hourly high Jan.14) ahead of 1.2017 (2015 high Jan.14) and then 1.2070 (low Apr.24 2009).