(MENAFN- DailyFX) Fundamental Forecast for Canada Dollar: Bearish
has staged a meaningful rally following the Bank of Canada (BoC) interest rate decision, with the pair at risk of extending the near-term advance as the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) appears to be on course to deliver another rate-hike in 2017.
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The details of the October 25 meeting suggest the BoC will carry the current policy into 2018 as ‘growth is expected to moderate to a more sustainable pace in the second half of 2017.' As a result, Governor Stephen Poloz and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins may continue to tame speculation for higher borrowing-costs as the BoC officials are scheduled to testify in front of both the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance as well as the Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, and another batch of cautious comments may prop up USD/CAD as the central bank now sees inflation hitting the 2% target ‘a little later than anticipated in July because of the recent strength in the .'
Market participants will also be closely watching the fresh rhetoric coming out of the even as Chair Janet Yellen and Co. are expected to keep the benchmark interest rate on hold, with Fed Fund Futures highlight a greater than 90% probability for a move in December. Indeed, the Fed may merely utilize the November 1 meeting to prepare U.S. households and businesses for another 25bp rate-hike as the central bank anticipates ‘economic conditions would evolve in a manner that would warrant gradual increases in the federal funds rate.'
However, a growing number of Fed officials may start to project a more shallow path for the benchmark interest rate as ‘many participants expressed concern that the low inflation readings this year might reflect not only transitory factors, but also the influence of developments that could prove more persistent.' In turn, the FOMC may continue to soften its hawkish tone, with the at risk of facing headwinds ahead of the upcoming rotation in 2018 especially as Chair Yellen's tenure is set to expire in February.
USD/CAD Daily Chart
Topside targets remain on the radar for USD/CAD as an inverse head-and-shoulders unfolds, with the pair carving a near-term series of higher highs & lows. The break of the August-high (1.2778) raising the risk for a run at the former-support zone around 1.2980 (61.8% retracement) to 1.3030 (50% expansion), which lines up with the 200-Day SMA (1.3009), with the next topside hurdle coming in around 1.3130 (61.8% retracement).
Keep a close eye on the Relative Strength Index (RSI) as it trades above 70 and pushes deeper into overbought territory, with the pickup in the bullish momentum raising the risk for further advance in USD/CAD. Will need to see the oscillator highlight a textbook sell-signal and fall below 70 to foreshadow a near-term pullback in the exchange rate.
USD/CAD Retail Sentiment
Retail trader data shows 50.5% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 1.02 to 1. The number of traders net-long is 11.4% lower than yesterday and 21.8% lower from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 5.2% lower than yesterday and 13.8% lower from last week.
We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests USDCAD prices may continue to fall. Yet traders are less net-long than yesterday and compared with last week. Recent changes in sentiment warn that the current USDCAD price trend may soon reverse higher despite the fact traders remain net-long.
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