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USD/CAD Forecast: Building a Base

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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  • The US dollar has been pretty back and forth during trading here on Thursday as we continue to see a lot of noise against the Canadian dollar and in the forex markets overall Thursday was very choppy.
  • And at this point in time, I'm watching the US dollar against the Canadian dollar because we could possibly be forming a bottoming pattern, although it is a little early to call all clear to get long of this market.
  • It is worth noting that there is a little bit of a double bottom here.

And I think ultimately the 1.3550 level is an area that you need to be watching closely. It's an area that has been important multiple times in the past. And now that we have formed a potential double bottom, I'm definitely watching it closely at this point.

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USD/CAD Forecast Today 11/07: Building a Base (graph)

If we can break above the 50 day EMA near the 1.3750 level, then I think you get a little bit of rocket fuel for this market and you eventually see a bigger break towards the 200 day EMA at 1.3920. In that environment, I think you have to look at this as a market that will eventually do whatever it can to take off to the upside. But I also recognize that the interest rate differential is a big factor here.

So, people will be watching that with rates in America much stronger than they are in Canada. I believe that eventually people will pay attention to the fact that they get paid to hold on to this market. This is a market that is typically very choppy and grindy, if you will. So, you will have to be patient. But again, like I said, if you go long in this market here, you get paid to hang on to it. If it breaks down below the 1.3550 level, then you could be looking at a move down to 1.3450.

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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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