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USD/CAD Forecast: US Dollar Testing Massive Resistance Against the Loonie

By Christopher Lewis
Senior Technical Analyst

Christopher Lewis is a technical analyst and market commentator at DailyForex with more than two decades of trading experience in Forex and other leveraged markets. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he specializes in chart-based analysis of major currency pairs, stock indices, commodities, and energy markets, focusing on clear support and resistance levels, trend structure, and risk management. Christopher produces daily written and video analysis for tra...

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  • During the early hours on Thursday, we did see a little bit of a pullback, only to turn around and show signs of strength again in the US dollar against the Canadian dollar currency pair.
  • The 1.3950 level makes a certain amount of sense as resistance as it did offer resistance previously.

With this being said, the market continues to be one that is a little overdone. And I do think it's probably worth noting that the non-farm payroll numbers coming out on Friday will obviously have a major influence on what happens next. The US dollar of course has been racing higher based on economic concerns and the interest rates out there rising in the US bond market. So, all of that being said, I think you've got a situation where traders are looking at this through the prism of can we continue to break higher? I think we can, but what we need is some type of catalyst to really get this moving and we'll need a major surprise in the job market.

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Zooming Out to the Long Term Charts

If you look at the longer term charts, the weekly timeframe, we have gone a bit parabolic. And that does make a certain amount of sense considering that at the same time we've seen oil somewhat weak and of course we have seen the Bank of Canada cut rates aggressively as well. So, with all this being said, I would love to see some type of pullback that I can take advantage of in this pair. And I do think that there are plenty of buyers underneath willing to get involved. However, on a daily break above the 1.3950 level, you'd have to think that we may enter yet another leg higher.

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All of this being said, I also recognize that the oil market could very well be a thorn in the side of the trading public. However, the upward trend is very strong, so I think eventually we see the greenback emerge victorious.

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Senior Technical Analyst
Christopher Lewis is a technical analyst and market commentator at DailyForex with more than two decades of trading experience in Forex and other leveraged markets. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he specializes in chart-based analysis of major currency pairs, stock indices, commodities, and energy markets, focusing on clear support and resistance levels, trend structure, and risk management. Christopher produces daily written and video analysis for traders who rely on technical setups to navigate volatile market conditions

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