USD/CAD Price Analysis: Aims stability above 1.3800

USD/CAD trades close to 1.3800 after a sharp recovery.
The USD Index struggles to climb above 106.00.
USD/CAD continues to move higher in a Rising Channel chart pattern.

Sagar Dua FXStreet

The USD/CAD pair hovers near the round-level resistance of 1.3800 after a sharp recovery, which was prompted by hawkish guidance on interest rates from Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell. The Loonie asset aims for stabilization above 1.3800 as the market mood has turned risk-averse amid caution that the Fed could raise interest rates further.

USD/CAD continues to move higher in a Rising Channel chart pattern in which each pullback is considered as a buying opportunity by the market participants. The 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at 1.3660 continues to provide support to the US Dollar bulls. Horizontal resistance is plotted from March 10 high at 1.3682.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) struggles to shift into the bullish range of 60.00-80.00. If the RSI (14) manages to do so, a bullish momentum would get triggered.

Going forward, a decisive break above October 27 high at 1.3880 would expose the round-level resistance at 1.3900, followed by 13 October 2022 high at 1.3978.

In an alternate scenario, a breakdown below October 24 low around 1.3660 would drag the asset to the round-level support of 1.3600. A further breakdown could expose the asset to October 7 low at 1.3570.

USD/CAD daily chart

USD/CAD

Overview
Today last price	1.3798
Today Daily Change	-0.0010
Today Daily Change %	-0.07
Today daily open	1.3808

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.3751
Daily SMA50	1.3647
Daily SMA100	1.3493
Daily SMA200	1.35

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.3816
Previous Daily Low	1.3747
Previous Weekly High	1.3899
Previous Weekly Low	1.3654
Previous Monthly High	1.3892
Previous Monthly Low	1.3562
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.379
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.3773
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.3764
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.3721
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.3695
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.3834
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.386
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.3904

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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