USD/CAD consolidates weekly gains around 1.3750

Loonie suffers the worst monthly decline since March 2020 versus the US dollar.
US dollar holds firm on Friday, despite lower US yields.
USD/CAD remain bullish and overbought.

Matías Salord FXStreet

The USD/CAD is about to end Friday trading around 1.3750/60, with a weekly gain of 175 pips, on the back of risk aversion that boosted the greenback against most currencies.

The rally of the greenback lost momentum on Friday amid an extension of the retreat in US yields and also as stocks stabilized. But ongoing concerns about global growth and geopolitical tensions weigh on market sentiment. With the Federal Reserve well decided to continue tightening, the upside of the dollar continues.

During the last three weeks, USD/CAD rose almost 800 pips. After such a move, the question about how much can it keep rising in the short-term seem normal. These are volatile times and in those circumstances anything can happen.

Even as markets calm down, moves larger than average in USD/CAD are likely next week. Market participants will continue to look particularly at the bond market, stocks and the pound. Next Friday, Canada and the US will release the official employment reports.

From a technical perspective, USD/CAD is moving with a bullish bias. The only bearish sign is the extreme overbought readings. The next strong barrier is the 1.3900 area. During the last days, the pair has been moving sideways between 1.3750 and 1.3600, holding onto most of the recent gains.

Technical levels

USD/CAD

Overview
Today last price	1.3752
Today Daily Change	0.0071
Today Daily Change %	0.52
Today daily open	1.3681

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.332
Daily SMA50	1.3077
Daily SMA100	1.2966
Daily SMA200	1.2827

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.3756
Previous Daily Low	1.3605
Previous Weekly High	1.3613
Previous Weekly Low	1.3227
Previous Monthly High	1.3141
Previous Monthly Low	1.2728
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.3698
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.3663
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.3606
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.353
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.3455
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.3756
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.3832
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.3907

Author

Matías Salord

FXStreet

Matías started in financial markets in 2008, after graduating in Economics. He was trained in chart analysis and then became an educator. He also studied Journalism. He started writing analyses for specialized websites before joining FXStreet.

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