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USD/CAD Forecast: Ahead of Jobs Data

By Christopher Lewis
Senior Technical Analyst

Christopher Lewis is a technical analyst and market commentator at DailyForex with more than two decades of trading experience in Forex and other leveraged markets. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he specializes in chart-based analysis of major currency pairs, stock indices, commodities, and energy markets, focusing on clear support and resistance levels, trend structure, and risk management. Christopher produces daily written and video analysis for tra...

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  • The US dollar has rallied slightly during the session here in early Tuesday trading against the Canadian dollar to jump slightly above the 1.38 level, but it is facing a little bit of pressure in this region.
  • It'll be interesting to see how this plays out because on Friday we will get the Canadian employment numbers and that will have a major influence as to where we go next.
  • That being said, if we can break above the candlestick from the Friday session, where we pulled back viciously from the 200 day EMA, that would obviously be a very bullish turn of events because not only are you taking out a very negative candlestick, but you're also jumping above the 200 day EMA, which a lot of traders pay close attention to.

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Between now and Friday, we may have a bit of a range form as we are between the 50 day EMA underneath and the 200 day EMA above. Keep in mind that there is a lot of uncertainty when it comes to this currency pair, mainly due to the fact that the United States and Canada still do not have any trade agreement. And therefore, this is a bit different than perhaps the pound against US dollar, the euro against the US dollar, etc.

USD/CAD Forecast 06/08: Ahead of Jobs Data (graph)

So, with all of that being said, it'll be interesting to see how Canadian employment is faring and whether or not there is something to worry about there. Again, though, we had recently been consolidating in this pair.

And I think ultimately, we are in a situation where traders are trying to break out of there, we pulled back. Now the question is, will the retest produce support? I suspect we should have our answer in the next day or two, Friday at the latest, and then we should have a bigger move. Again, anything over the 200-day EMA suddenly looks very bullish.

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Senior Technical Analyst
Christopher Lewis is a technical analyst and market commentator at DailyForex with more than two decades of trading experience in Forex and other leveraged markets. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he specializes in chart-based analysis of major currency pairs, stock indices, commodities, and energy markets, focusing on clear support and resistance levels, trend structure, and risk management. Christopher produces daily written and video analysis for traders who rely on technical setups to navigate volatile market conditions

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