USDCAD Technical Analysis – A look at the chart ahead of the Canadian CPI | Forexlive

Fundamental
Overview

The USD continues to
consolidate around the highs except against the commodity currencies where it’s
been having the upper hand. The US inflation data last week was once again a
disappointment although the data that feeds into the Core PCE was overall benign
as forecasters expect a 0.13% M/M increase.

Nonetheless, the Treasury yields continue to climb and are now back around the
post-US election highs. There’s some understandable uneasiness in the bond
market given the hot US data and the Fed continuing to cut into an accelerating
economy.

On the CAD side, the BoC
recently dropped the
line saying “if the
economy evolves broadly in line with our latest forecast, we expect to reduce
the policy rate further”, which suggests that we reached the peak in
“dovishness” and the central bank will now switch to 25 bps cuts and
will slow the pace of easing.

The market now expects two 25
bps cuts by the end of 2025 with the first cut fully priced in for March.

USDCAD
Technical Analysis – Daily Timeframe

On the daily chart, we can
see that USDCAD keeps making new highs amid a strong rise in Treasury yields.
From a risk management perspective, the buyers will have a better risk to
reward setup around the trendline to position for new highs. The
sellers, on the other hand, will want to see the price breaking lower to regain
control and start targeting new lows.

USDCAD Technical
Analysis – 4 hour Timeframe

On the 4 hour chart, we can
see that we have a minor upward trendline defining the current bullish momentum
on this timeframe. The buyers will likely keep on leaning on the trendline to
position for new highs, while the sellers will look for a break lower to extend
a potential pullback into the major trendline.

USDCAD Technical
Analysis – 1 hour Timeframe

On the 1 hour chart, there’s
not much else we can add here as the buyers will look for a bounce on the
trendline, while the sellers will aim for a break lower. The red lines define
the average daily range for today.

Upcoming
Catalysts

Today, we get the Canadian CPI report and the US Retail Sales data. Tomorrow,
we have the FOMC Policy Decision. On Thursday, we get the latest US Jobless
Claims figures. On Friday, we conclude the week with the Canadian Retail Sales
and the US PCE data.