USD/CAD fails to close above 200-day SMA, recovers 100-day SMA

The USD/CAD closed near the 1.3415 area after jumping to a high above 1.3500, above the 200-day SMA.
The US Dollar saw gains amid cautious market sentiment.
Rising Oil prices limited the CAD’s decline.

Patricio Martín FXStreet

The USD/CAD closed with gains on Tuesday but failed to consolidate above the 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA), closing near 1.3415 but securing the 100-day SMA. The USD strengthened on the back of a sour market mood on the US front. On the other hand, the Canadian dollar managed to mitigate its losses, supported by an upward movement in Oil prices, its main export commodity, the West. Both economic calendars remained empty as investors' eyes are on the Consumer Price Index figures from the US, from Jully scheduled for Thursday.

In that sense, investors' expectations on the next Federal Reserve (Fed) movements will dictate the pair's pace in the week. As Jerome Powell stated, that decision will depend on incoming data, and inflation figures from the US will likely impact the bets placed for the next September meeting.

According to the CME FedWatch tool, tightening expectations for the Federal Reserve remains low. The odds of a hike stand near 14% for the September meeting and rise near 30% in November. However, those odds will likely be impacted by inflation figures on Thursday, also dictating the pace for the bond market and the USD.

USD/CAD levels to watch

According to the daily chart, the technical outlook for the USD/CAD remains neutral to bearish as the bulls show signs of bullish exhaustion. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) has turned flat above its midline, while the Moving Average Convergence (MACD) presents neutral green bars. On the bigger picture, the pair is above the 20 and 100-day Simple Moving Averages (SMA) but below the 200-day SMA, suggesting that the bears are struggling to challenge the overall bullish trend and that the buyers still have the upperhand.

Support levels: 1.3320,1.3300, 1.3280.

Resistance levels: 1.3450, 1.3500 (200-day SMA), 1.3550.

USD/CAD Daily chart

USD/CAD

Overview
Today last price	1.3418
Today Daily Change	0.0048
Today Daily Change %	0.36
Today daily open	1.337

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.3231
Daily SMA50	1.3275
Daily SMA100	1.3399
Daily SMA200	1.3455

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.3399
Previous Daily Low	1.3356
Previous Weekly High	1.3394
Previous Weekly Low	1.3151
Previous Monthly High	1.3387
Previous Monthly Low	1.3093
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.3373
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.3383
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.3351
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.3332
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.3307
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.3394
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.3418
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.3438

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Patricio Martín

FXStreet

Patricio is an economist from Argentina passionate about global finance and understanding the daily movements of the markets.

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