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USD/CAD Technical Analysis: Bearish target achieved as Greenback collapses below 1.3300 figure on strong Canadian jobs data

USD/CAD daily chart  

  • USD/CAD is trading in a bull trend above the 200-day simple moving average (SMA).
  • As forecast, the bearish target at 1.3340 has been achieved.  
  • 94.1K new Canadian  jobs in November along with surging oil prices and a disappointing US Nonfarm Payrolls  was the perfect storm for a selloff on USD/CAD.  

USD/CAD 4-hour chart  

  • USD/CAD is now testing the 100 SMA and 1.3260 support.
  • The bears made a lot of damage and the market might need to correct to the 1.3200 figure.  
  • Technical indicators have turned bearish.

USD/CAD 30-minute chart  

  • USD/CAD broke below the 200 SMA.  
  • There seems to be little hope for a strong bullish recovery suggesting further weakness towards 1.3200 figure in the coming sessions.

Additional key levels

USD/CAD

Overview:
       Today Last Price:  1.3266
       Today Daily change:  -1.0e+2  pips
       Today Daily change %:  -0.785%
       Today Daily Open:  1.3371
Trends:
       Previous Daily SMA20:  1.3251
       Previous Daily SMA50:  1.312
       Previous Daily SMA100:  1.3084
       Previous Daily SMA200:  1.3013
Levels:
       Previous Daily High:  1.3445
       Previous Daily Low:  1.3352
       Previous Weekly High:  1.336
       Previous Weekly Low:  1.3187
       Previous Monthly High:  1.336
       Previous Monthly Low:  1.3048
       Previous Daily Fibonacci 38.2%:  1.3388
       Previous Daily Fibonacci 61.8%:  1.341
       Previous Daily Pivot Point S1:  1.3334
       Previous Daily Pivot Point S2:  1.3297
       Previous Daily Pivot Point S3:  1.3242
       Previous Daily Pivot Point R1:  1.3426
       Previous Daily Pivot Point R2:  1.3482
       Previous Daily Pivot Point R3:  1.3518

 

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