USDCAD—through the 1.0525 resistance

Is this pair finally tired of mucking about at the bottom of the pond? Alas, it’s too early to say but it’s in a nice little climb this morning and has broken through the resistance at 1.0525. My long from 1.0256 is currently (7:51 AM EST) up 284 pips at 1.0540. In general, though, there’s quite a bit of resistance ahead at 1.0580/95, 1.0626, and 1.0747. Support is at 1.0465, 1.0414, 1.0336 and 1.0292 (heaven help us if it goes back there).

You can see on the three-hour chart that it dropped from overbought readings on RSI and is now pushing back there. This hints at good momentum. The drop overnight also resulted in a less steep trend line. This is positive because the steeper the trend line, the more difficult it is to maintain it. However, I still consider this trend line too steep so a bit stronger reaction would be positive. This would also provide an opportunity to add to my position depending on what price action looked like at that time.

Here’s the three-hour chart:


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