USDCAD Talking Points:
- USD/CAD[1] put in an aggressively bearish move in June and July, eventually finding support just above the 1.3000 handle.
- Since then, a bullish reversal has taken-hold and prices have retraced 50% of that prior sell-off.
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USD/CAD Retracement Continues
It was a month ago now that USD/CAD had bottomed-out. While the pair had spent much of the prior 17 months trending-higher, sticking to a bullish trendline for much of the time, the month of June brought a strong change of pace as the US Dollar[9] fell while the Canadian Dollar strengthened. Out of the US, the USD[10] was being driven lower by the prospect of rate cuts from the FOMC[11], and in Canada, a strong inflation print highlighted the fact that the BoC likely wouldn’t be able to adopt a similar stance. In short-order, USD/CAD fell from a late-May high above 1.3500 all the way down to the 1.3000 handle in mid-July. At that point, sellers began to shy away from a test of the big figure and later in the month, a falling wedge formation had formed, pointing to the potential for a bullish reversal. That theme has played out and almost a month later, continues to hold. [8][12]
