USDCAD—still fighting resistance

This pair was the first to hint at coming dollar strength and I’ve blogged about many profitable, long trades since mid-October. However, it is languishing at best, unable to break through a downward resistance line from August. It touched this line again last week at 1.0747. This was the 5th touch. I wouldn’t expect much from it for the rest of the month unless thin liquidity results in some exaggerated moves. I’m still long from 1.0413 but my second long from 1.0527 profit stopped out at +20 pips on the recent dip.

Here’s the daily chart:



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