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The USD/CAD pair touched a long term trend line which will provide traders a good entry spot in a long USD position.
September 2012 signalled the beginning of an uptrend for the US dollar versus the Canadian dollar. Since then the uptrend has been tested 5 times and held firm so far. The signals over the last couple of years have been looking more positive for the US over Canada, however, recently the wheels may have come off with the latest US GDP figure at -2.9% (annualised) for the quarter.
Canada on the other hand is facing increasing inflation that does not correlate with GDP growth. The Band of Canada will have a tough year as it will be reluctant to increase interest rates while GDP lags. The market has begun to speculate an increase in interest rates may be coming, hence the reversal in the USD/CAD pair, however this may be some time off.
Source: Blackwell Trader
The result has been a touch of the long term trend line which has held firm so far. Will we see a bounce off the trend or a breakdown completely? For now a bounce is looking the likely option, especially with nonfarm payroll data due out on Thursday. The US has been adding over 200,000 jobs per month recently and the GDP data was a lagging indicator from Q1, so the upcoming nonfarm data should stay around the 200k mark.
The USD/CAD D1 chart shows the price has already rejected off the trend line, and indeed the RSI confirms this. We can see the RSI hit a low of 21.22, which is extremely oversold, and is now heading back to a more neutral position.
Source: Blackwell Trader
Any traders looking for an entry can wait for the current resistance at 1.0696 to break as the price moves upwards. Ensure a stop loss is set below the trend line to minimise losses in the event the trend breaks down. Previous levels of support/resistance will act as targets for a movement higher. 1.0819 will be relatively tough to break, with 1.0959 and 1.1048 further beyond likely to act as sticking points.
Source: Blackwell Trader
The USD/CAD pair has tracked back down to the long term trend line and a bounce higher off it could provide an opportunity for traders to follow the pair back up.
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