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Loonie Takes Big Step Toward Technical Objective

By Kurt Osterberg · On April 10, 2018

For a little more than two weeks, we have been monitoring the formation of a possible head and shoulders top in the US dollar against the Canadian dollar. The neckline broke a week ago. It is not uncommon for the neckline to be retested after the break. That was what happened yesterday.

The US dollar recorded an outside down day yesterday. It traded on both sides of Friday’s range and closed below Friday’s low. The has been follow-through selling today.

The pattern was formed in March and the neckline, which we drew on the Great Graphic that was made on Bloomberg, is found at CAD1.28. The head peaked near CAD1.3125. Flipping it over atthe neckline shows a measuring objective near CAD1.2475. 

The US dollar had rallied in February before forging the topping pattern. The neckline is roughly the 38.2% retracement of the February rally. The 50% retracement (~CAD1.2690) was met yesterday. Today’s low meets the 61.8% retracement near CAD1.2585. Several of the technical indicators we use are getting extended, but no sign of divergence or that a low is in place.

The speculative community appears to have been caught leaning the wrong way. The net short position of nearly 32k contracts as of April 3 was the largest since last July. The gross short position of 61.4k contracts is the largest since then as well and has more than doubled since late February. The gross short position has fallen from nearly 80k contracts in late March to 29.6k contracts as of a week ago.  

The Bank of Canada meets next week. The OIS suggests there is about a one-in-five chance of a hike. The odds increase slightly for the May meeting, but the July meeting is favored for the next hike. The prospects for a NAFTA agreement may also be helping. While we suspect an agreement will be struck, this week may be a bit soon, even given the US compromise on domestic content rules.

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