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USD/CAD crosses 1.3000 but it may continue struggling, break yet to be confirmed

In early May, the  Technical Confluences Indicator  showed that the USD/CAD would it hard to reach 1.3000 (USD/CAD to 1.30? Not so fast) and the pair indeed failed to do so.  As the pair is very close t the round number, we see that there is much more to this level that a round number: it is also a dense cluster of resistance lines.

1.3000  is the confluence of the Bolinger-Band 15-m Upper, the BB 1h-Upper, the one-month high and the 4h high. Should the pair break higher, another convergence of levels awaits at  1.3024: the Pivot Point one-day Resistance 1, the Bolinger Band one-hour Upper, and the Pivot Point one-month Resistance 1.

On the downside, Dollar/CAD has support at  1.2950  which is the confluence of the Fibonacci 38.2% one-day. the Bolinger Band one-day Upper, the Simple Moving Average 200-15m and the SMA 50-1h.   Further down,  1.2895  is the meeting point of the SMA 100-1h, the Fibonacci 38.2% one-week and the Pivot Point one-day Support 1.

Here is how it looks on the tool:

USD CAD Technical confluence levels May 28 2018

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Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts.