Canada Markets

The spot Canadian dollar finished 38 basis points lower on Wednesday, its largest one-day drop since Feb. 21 or almost two months while reaching its weakest trade in five sessions. Today's trade also filled a gap in trade created from April 12 to 13, which failed to provide a supportive role. While not shown, the spot dollar continues to hold above support of its 100-day moving average, reported at $0.739487 CAD/USD.

As seen on the weekly chart, trade has taken place over a 367 basis-point range since the week of Sept. 19. A high of $0.754922 CAD/USD was reached in the week of Nov. 7, with lower highs of $0.752344 CAD/USD reached during the week of Jan. 30 and more recently, a lower high of $0.750576 CAD/USD was reached during the week of April 10.

At the same time, the chart shows lower lows reached, with the most recent weekly low reached at $0.722365 CAD/USD in the week of March 6.

The loonie is clearly struggling to reach a higher high on the weekly chart. The November high retraced close to the 33% level of the move from the May 2021 high to the October 2022 low, calculated at $0.755626 CAD/USD, while has since failed to return to this level.

The histogram on the first study shows the CFTC data for noncommercial positions, with the net-short position held by this group signaling the largest bearish position held since January 2019.

The stochastic momentum indicators on the lower study show signs of the indicators turning sideways.

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