USDCAD Analysis

Performance after Wednesday
Period	Pct	Chg	Momentum
Wednesday	0.5%	67.9 Pips
Week to-date	0.42%	57.9 Pips
October	1%	136 Pips

Upcoming key events (London Time)

Thu 05:00 PM USD Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speech

What happened lately

🇺🇸 U.S. Building Permits (1-mth) in September dropped to 1.475M compared to previous figure 1.541M (revised from 1.543M) Census Bureau
🇨🇦 Canada BoC CPI Inflation Rate Core (1-mth) in September below forecast and dropped to -0.1% compared to previous figure 0.1% in August Bank of Canada
🇺🇸 U.S. Monthly Retail Trade (1-mth) in September exceed forecast and dropped to 0.7% compared to previous figure 0.8, revised from 0.6% in August Census Bureau

What can we expect from USDCAD today?

USDCAD on Wednesday rose 0.5% to 1.37129. Price is above 9-Day EMA while Stochastic is rising.

Updated daily direction for USDCAD looks bullish as the pair ended higher after Wednesday trading session.

Looking ahead for the day, immediate upside resistance level is R1 at 1.37485 with break above could target R2 at 1.3784 or figure level area. While towards the downside, we are looking at daily low of 1.36130 as an important support. Break below this level could weaken the current bullish momentum. A break above 1.37163 may suggest continuation after recent positive movement.

For the week to-date, take note that USDCAD is bullish as the pair continued to trade higher and is up by 0.42% over the past few days.

Key levels to watch out:

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