Shorting USD/CAD at the 100 SMA

USD/CAD has retraced higher today, but the main trend is pretty bearish and the 100 SMA might turn into resistance, so we went short here

The retrace up seems complete on the H1 chart

[[USD/CAD]] has turned quite bearish since the beginning of December. OPEC+ decided to cut Oil production by an additional 50k barrels/day back then and US WTI crude climbed above the big round level at $60, which helped the CAD turn bullish and USD/CAD turn bearish.

Then, in the last week of 2019, cash was flowing out of the US for the year-end and this pair got another kick down. 1.30 was broken and USD/CAD fell to 1.2950s. During the decline, the 20 SMA (grey) was providing support, but in the last few days we have seen a consolidation.

The 20 SMA and the 50 SMA (yellow) caught up with the price and USD/CAD has moved above and below them, so they have lost importance as resistance indicators for now. But, the price is trading around the 100 SMA on the H1 chart after this retrace higher today, so it seems like this moving average might be turning into resistance now. We decided to go short from there.

Crude Oil has retraced lower today, but the main trend is still bullish. Once the bullish trend resumes in Oil, USD/CAD will likely resume the downtrend, so we’re holding on to this trade.

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Skerdian Meta Lead Analyst. Skerdian is a professional Forex trader and a market analyst. He has been actively engaged in market analysis for the past 11 years. Before becoming our head analyst, Skerdian served as a trader and market analyst in Saxo Bank's local branch, Aksioner. Skerdian specialized in experimenting with developing models and hands-on trading. Skerdian has a masters degree in finance and investment.

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