USDCAD One-week Options Projected Range-Low in Confluence with LT Trend-line

What’s inside:

• USDCAD amid strongest decline since early last year
• 2012 to current trend-line not far below, in alignment with projected one-week low
• Top-side range-high not in alignment with resistance; could be exceeded on a bounce

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In the following table, we’ve listed implied volatilities (IV) for major USD-pairs looking out over a one-day and one-week time horizon. By using IV, we’ve calculated the projected range-low/high prices from the current spot price within one-standard deviation for specified periods. (Statistically speaking, 68% of the time price should remain within the lower and upper-bounds.)

USDCAD projected one-week low in alignment with long-term trend-line

The decline in USDCAD has been quite significant since topping in May, the strongest one-way move since early 2016. With one-week implied volatility at 8.7%, the projected one-standard deviation range from the current spot price is 12323 to 12623. The one-week low arrives in almost exact alignment with a trend-line rising up from the low created in September 2012. The long-term nature of this line coupled with the steep drop into oversold territory sets USDCAD up for a potential bounce.

It’s possible we have already seen the worst for now around the May 2016 low, but one more push down into a bigger support level would provide a more ideal scenario for those looking for a recovery. With the priced range in confluence this further strengthens the case we have seen the worst of the down-move for now.

Turning our attention higher, the one-week projected high clocks in at 12623 and doesn’t align with any significant resistance. Should we see a rally develop soon its possible we may see the options-derived threshold exceeded in the next week, as shorts who arrived on the scene late get squeezed.

In total, while selling has been fierce, a move lower into support looks likely to see the range-low hold while risk is skewed towards possibly seeing the range-high exceeded.

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---Written by Paul Robinson, Market Analyst

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