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USD/CAD: technical analysis and trading recommendations_02/18/2021

USD/CAD: technical analysis and trading recommendations_02/18/2021

At the beginning of today's European session, the USD / CAD pair is traded near the 1.2690 mark, below the important short-term resistance level 1.2703 (ЕМА200 on the 1-hour chart), still maintaining the tendency to further decline, including amid strong fundamental factors.

USD/CAD: technical analysis and trading recommendations_02/18/2021

The pair remains within the descending channels on the daily and weekly charts, below the important long-term resistance levels 1.3080 (ЕМА200 on the weekly and daily charts), 1.3160 (ЕМА144 on the weekly chart).

USD/CAD: technical analysis and trading recommendations_02/18/2021

USD/CAD: technical analysis and trading recommendations_02/18/2021

By staying below these key resistance levels, in fact, USD / CAD is in the bear market zone. The pair is decreasing towards the key and long-term support level 1.2450 (ЕМА200 on the monthly chart).

USD/CAD: technical analysis and trading recommendations_02/18/2021

Its breakdown will strengthen the tendency to further decline, and a breakdown of the support level 1.2170 (Fibonacci level 50% of the downward correction in the wave of USD / CAD growth from 0.9700 to 1.4600) will finally return USD / CAD into a long-term bearish trend. So far, everything is in favor of short positions and further decline.

In an alternative scenario, the breakdown of the important resistance levels 1.2740 (50% Fibonacci level), 1.2748 (ЕМА200 on the 4-hour chart) will be a signal for a possible reversal and breaking of the bearish trend.

A breakdown of the local resistance level 1.2880 will confirm the revival of the bullish trend in USD / CAD and the prospect of growth to the resistance levels 1.3000, 1.3080, 1.3160. The first signal for the implementation of this scenario is a breakdown of the resistance level 1.2703.

Support levels: 1.2640, 1.2590, 1.2450, 1.2170

Resistance levels: 1.2703, 1.2740, 1.2748, 1.2775, 1.2880, 1.3000, 1.3080, 1.3160, 1.3200, 1.3300, 1.3450

Trading scenarios

Sell by market, Sell Stop 1.2670. Stop-Loss 1.2720. Take-Profit 1.2640, 1.2590, 1.2450, 1.2170

Buy Stop 1.2720. Stop-Loss 1.2670. Take-Profit 1.2740, 1.2748, 1.2775, 1.2880, 1.3000, 1.3080, 1.3160, 1.3200, 1.3300, 1.3450

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