USD/CAD Awaits Probable Pullback
IFC Markets | Jul 29, 2015 09:40AM ET
Let us consider the USD/CAD currency chart. It climbed ahead of the regular FRS meeting on Tuesday. Most market participants suppose that the American regulator will make some statements confirming the first rate hike since 2006 this October. However, a number of investors assume that the decision may be postponed till the next year. The Bank of Canada has already cut the rate twice in 2015, considerably weakening the Canadian dollar. Meanwhile, their 0.5% rate is much higher than in the USA. The Canadian dollar may strengthen if the Fed informs about holding back on raising the rate and if the US GDP growth does not reach the expected 2.5% (the data will be released on Thursday). To be noted, GDP in May will be published in Canada on Friday; the tentative outlook is positive.
On the daily chart the USD/CAD currency pair is traded within an uptrend. Yet most indicators do not rule out a further pullback. The instrument has bent aside from the 200-day moving average. RSI-Bars have shaped a bearish divergence and moved down from the overbought zone. The Parabolic indicator has formed a sell signal. The latest MACD bar has been taking shape below the signal line, indicating a bearish movement. Bollinger Bands have expanded referring to high volatility. The bearish momentum may continue if the next USD/CAD bar closes below the latest fractal low and the Parabolic signals at 1.29. A stop loss may be placed above the Parabolic signal and the fractal high, which acts at the same time as a 6-year maximum – the 1.311 mark. After pending order activation the stop loss is supposed to be moved every four hours to the next fractal high, following Parabolic and Bollinger signals. Thus, we are changing the probable profit/loss ratio to the breakeven point. The most cautious traders are recommended to switch to the H4 time frame and place a stop loss there, moving it after the trend. If the price reaches the stop loss without triggering the order, we recommend to cancel the position: the market sustains internal changes that were not considered.
Position: Sell
Sell stop: Below 1.29
Stop loss: Above 1.311
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