USD/CAD Price Analysis: Climbs to 4-month highs above 1.3700

USD/CAD climbs past the 1.3700 figure on Powell’s hawkish stance,
USD/CAD Price Analysis: Buyers are eyeing 1.3800 after trading at 4-month highs.

Christian Borjon Valencia FXStreet

The USD/CAD rallied to fresh YTD highs at 1.3743 on the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell’s comments. Powell added that inflation is high and the Fed could tighten monetary conditions faster depending on the incoming data. Therefore, the USD/CAD jumped from around 1.3670. A the time of writing, the USD/CAD exchanges hands at 1.3744.

USD/CAD Price action

The USD/CAD has extended its gains past the 130 pips in the day, with bulls eyeing to test the November 3 high, which confluences with an upslope trendline that passes around 1.3808. If the USD/CAD pierces the latter, that wound put into play a test of 2022 high at 1.3977. But first, buyers need to reclaim 1.3900, followed by the latter and the psychological 1.4000 mark.

In an alternate scenario, the USD/CAD first support would be the 1.3700 figure for a bearish continuation, followed by the prior’s YTD high at 1.3685. Once cleared, the USD/CAD next support would be March 3, daily low at 1.3550.

It should be noted that the Relative Strength Index (RSI) in bullish territory suggests that bulls are in charge, further cemented by the Rate of Change (RoC) aiming higher.

USD/CAD Daily chart

USD/CAD Technical levels

USD/CAD

Overview
Today last price	1.3744
Today Daily Change	0.0128
Today Daily Change %	0.94
Today daily open	1.3616

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.3499
Daily SMA50	1.346
Daily SMA100	1.3501
Daily SMA200	1.3289

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.3629
Previous Daily Low	1.3582
Previous Weekly High	1.3659
Previous Weekly Low	1.3534
Previous Monthly High	1.3666
Previous Monthly Low	1.3262
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.3611
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.36
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.3589
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.3562
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.3543
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.3636
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.3656
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.3683

Author

Christian Borjon Valencia

FXStreet

Markets analyst, news editor, and trading instructor with over 14 years of experience across FX, commodities, US equity indices, and global macro markets.

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