USD/CAD Price Analysis: Aims for a triangle breakout

USD/CAD prints a fresh two-day high nominally above 1.3500 as the US Dollar resumes its upside journey.
An extended correction in the oil price builds pressure on the Canadian Dollar.
USD/CAD trades near the downward-sloping trendline of the Symmetrical Triangle chart pattern around 1.3550.

Sagar Dua FXStreet

The USD/CAD pair consolidates near the psychological resistance of 1.3500 in the early New York session. The Loonie asset strengthens as an extended correction in the oil price builds pressure on the Canadian Dollar.

The S&P500 opened on a negative note as Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers delivered hawkish interest rate guidance. The US Dollar Index (DXY) delivers a nominal correction after printing a fresh 10-month high near 106.20.

Fed policymakers: Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari and Boston Fed President Susan Collins, supported for further policy-tightening as robust consumer spending could rebound inflationary pressures. Meanwhile, investors await the US Consumer Confidence and New Home Sales data.

USD/CAD trades near the downward-sloping trendline of the Symmetrical Triangle chart pattern, which is plotted from September 15 high around 1.3550. The upward-sloping trendline of the aforementioned chart pattern is placed from September 19 low at 1.3380. Advancing 20-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at 1.3485 indicates that the short-term trend is bullish.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) aims to shift into the bullish range of 60.00-80.00. A sustained RSI (14) movement in the bullish range would trigger a bullish impulse.

A decisive break above September 21 high at 1.3524 would drive the asset towards September 11 low around 1.3560, followed by the round-level resistance at 1.3600.

In an alternate scenario, a breakdown below September 25 low around 1.3450 would drag the asset toward September 20 low near 1.3400. A further breakdown could expose the asset to a six-week low near 1.3356.

USD/CAD hourly chart

USD/CAD

Overview
Today last price	1.3504
Today Daily Change	0.0050
Today Daily Change %	0.37
Today daily open	1.3454

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.3545
Daily SMA50	1.3446
Daily SMA100	1.34
Daily SMA200	1.3461

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.3492
Previous Daily Low	1.3453
Previous Weekly High	1.3528
Previous Weekly Low	1.3379
Previous Monthly High	1.364
Previous Monthly Low	1.3184
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.3468
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.3477
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.3441
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.3428
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.3402
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.3479
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.3505
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.3518

Author

Sagar Dua

FXStreet

Sagar Dua is associated with the financial markets from his college days. Along with pursuing post-graduation in Commerce in 2014, he started his markets training with chart analysis.

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