Canadian Dollar Short-term Outlook: USD/CAD Rebound Challenges the July Downtrend

Canadian Dollar Technical Outlook: USD/CAD Short-term Trade Levels

USD/CAD rebounds from near-term downtrend support after posting an outside-day reversal Monday.
The recovery is now challenging the upper boundary of the July downtrend- breakout needed to confirm a more significant low is in place.
Rejection at current levels would keep the broader corrective decline intact.
Next week's FOMC decision and June PCE inflation data could provide the next major catalyst.
Resistance 1.4097-1.4109 (key), 1.4155, 1.4197-1.4202- Support 1.4045, 1.4020 (key), 1.3978/82

USD/CAD is consolidating just below major resistance after a powerful multi-week rally carried the pair into fresh yearly highs. The tight range highlights a market coiling for its next directional move, with the July opening range now taking shape beneath a key technical barrier. With momentum still elevated, a breakout here could either fuel the next leg of the broader uptrend or trigger the first meaningful reversal signal since the May advance began. Battle lines drawn on the USD/CAD short-term technical charts.

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Canadian Dollar Price Chart – USD/CAD Daily

Chart Prepared by Michael Boutros, Sr. Technical Strategist; USD/CAD on TradingView

Technical Outlook: In my last Canadian Dollar Short-term Outlook, we noted that, “A five-week rally has stalled into the May uptrend with the USD/CAD trading in a well-defined range just below resistance into the start of the month. From a trading standpoint, losses would need to be limited to 1.4109 IF price is heading higher on this stretch...” The range broke nearly two-weeks later with USD/CAD plunging more than 1.7% off the yearly high to break below the May trendline. The decline rebounded off near-term downtrend support on Monday with price marking an outside day reversal off the low. The recovery is now testing resistance at the upper bounds of the monthly downtrend, and the focus is on possible inflection off this pivot zone in the days ahead.

Canadian Dollar Price Chart – USD/CAD 240min

Chart Prepared by Michael Boutros, Sr. Technical Strategist; USD/CAD on TradingView

Notes: A closer look at Canadian Dollar price action shows USD/CAD trading within the confines of a descending pitchfork extending off the monthly high with the recent recovery now testing the upper parallel. Note that the 38.2% retracement of the July decline converges on the November high-day close at 1.4097-1.4109. A breach / daily close above this threshold would be needed to suggest a more significant near-term low is in place and invalidate the monthly downtrend. Subsequent resistance objectives are eyed at the 61.8% retracement at 1.4155 and the monthly open / high-day close (HDC) at 1.4197-1.4202. Look for a larger reaction there IF reached with a weekly close above the 2025 March lows at 1.4235/39 ultimately needed to mark resumption of the yearly uptrend.

Initial support rests with the 61.8% retracement of the weekly range at 1.4045 and is backed by the objective weekly open at 1.4020. Note that this level converges on the median line into the close of the week and losses below this slope would threaten resumption of the July downtrend. The next major technical considerations are eyed at the 2022 high and the 38.2% retracement of the May rally at 1.3978/82.

Bottom line: USD/CAD is now testing multi-week downtrend resistance, and the focus is on possible inflection off this zone with the near-term long-bias vulnerable while below. From a trading standpoint, losses would need to be limited to the weekly open IF price is heading higher on this stretch with a close above 1.4109 needed to fuel the next leg of the rally. Losses below 1.3978 would suggest a more significant correction is underway.

Keep in mind, the U.S. economic calendar is relatively quiet ahead of next week's FOMC rate decision and the release of June PCE inflation data. Stay nimble into the Fed and watch the weekly closes for confirmation of the broader directional bias. Review my latest Canadian Dollar Weekly Forecast for a closer look at the longer-term USD/CAD technical trade levels.

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Written by Michael Boutros, Senior Technical Strategist

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