Canadian Dollar Technical Price Outlook: USD/CAD Weekly Trade Levels
- Canadian Dollar updated technical trade levels - Weekly Chart
- USD/CAD recovery testing multi-week high / April opening-range - breakout potential
- Resistance 1.2619, bearish invalidation at 1.2774 - support 1.2473
The Canadian Dollar is down more than 0.71% against the US Dollar early in the week with USD/CAD once again approaching resistance at multi-week range highs. We’re looking for possible inflection up here with a close above the 1.26-handle needed to suggest a larger recovery is underway. These are the updated targets and invalidation levels that matter on the USD/CAD weekly technical price. Review my latest Strategy Webinar for an in-depth breakdown of this Loonie technical setup and more.
Canadian Dollar Price Chart – USD/CAD Weekly
Chart Prepared by Michael Boutros, Technical Strategist; USD/CAD on Tradingview
Notes: In last month’s Canadian Dollar Weekly Price Outlook we noted that USD/CAD had, “rebounded off confluence downtrend support – the focus is on this recovery with a pivot above 1.2619 needed to suggest a more significant low was registered last week.” It’s been a month of sideways price action and the outlook remains unchanged as USD/CAD carves a well-defined April opening-range just below confluent resistance at 1.2580-1.2619- a region defined by the 2018 yearly open and the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement of 2017 advance.
Weekly support stands with the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of the March advance at 1.2473 with a break / weekly close below 1.2358 needed to mark resumption of the broader downtrend towards the 2017 low-week close at 1.2156. A topside breach exposes more the highlighted resistance slope near the 2021 high-week close at 1.2774- look for a larger reaction there IF reached. Subsequent topside objectives eyed at the yearly swing high at 1.2881 and the 2020 yearly-open at 1.2975.
Bottom line: USD/CAD is approaching the upper-bounds of the April opening-range range, just below a key resistance pivot. From a trading standpoint, look to reduce long-exposure / raise protective stops on stretch into the 1.26-handle – losses should be limited to the yearly low-day close at 1.2485 IF price is indeed heading higher with a close above 1.2774 ultimately needed to suggest a larger trend reversal is underway. Review my latest Canadian Dollar Price Outlook for a closer look at the near-term USD/CAD technical trade levels.
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| Change in | Longs | Shorts | OI |
| Daily | 11% | 8% | 10% |
| Weekly | 84% | -39% | 9% |
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--- Written by Michael Boutros, Technical Currency Strategist with DailyFX
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