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USD/CAD Price Analysis: Bulls may tap March’s high at 1.2900 amid a bullish pennant formation

  • The greenback bulls are firmer amid a bullish pennant formation.
  • The RSI (14) has shifted its range from 40.00-60.00 to 60.00-80.00, which signals for a fresh rally going forward.
  • The 50- and 200-period EMAs are scaling higher, which adds to the upside filters.

The USD/CAD pair is juggling in a range of 1.2810-1.2826 on Tuesday after a strong upside move from Monday’s low at 1.2740.

On an hourly scale, the major is forming a bullish pennant pattern which signals a directionless move after a strong run towards the north and leads to a further upside if consolidation breaks out decisively.

Generally, a consolidation phase denotes the placement of longs by the market participants who didn’t capitalize upon the initial rally or those investors place bids, which prefer to enter in an auction after a bullish bias sets in.

Earlier, the greenback bulls found significant bids near 61.8% Fibo retracement (placed from March 3 low at 1.2587 to March 8 high at 1.2900) at 1.2708.

The asset is comfortably holding above the 50-period and 200-period Exponential Moving Averages (EMA) at 1.2781 and 1.2772 respectively, which add to the upside filters.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) has shifted its range from 40.00-60.00 to 60.00-80.00, which signals for a fresh rally going forward.

For more upside, bulls need to surpass Monday’s high at 1.2827 decisively, which will send the greenback bulls towards March 8 high at 1.2900 and 20 December 2021 high at 1.2964.

On the flip side, loonie bulls can dictate levels if the major slips below Friday’s high at 1.2794. This will drag the pair to 50% and 61.8% Fibo retracements at 1.2745 and 1.2708 respectively.

USD/CAD hourly chart

USD/CAD

Overview
Today last price1.2826
Today Daily Change0.0002
Today Daily Change %0.02
Today daily open1.2824
 
Trends
Daily SMA201.2748
Daily SMA501.269
Daily SMA1001.2675
Daily SMA2001.2596
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1.2827
Previous Daily Low1.2729
Previous Weekly High1.2901
Previous Weekly Low1.2686
Previous Monthly High1.2878
Previous Monthly Low1.2636
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1.2789
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1.2766
Daily Pivot Point S11.276
Daily Pivot Point S21.2695
Daily Pivot Point S31.2662
Daily Pivot Point R11.2858
Daily Pivot Point R21.2891
Daily Pivot Point R31.2955

Author

Sagar Dua

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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