Published March 20, 2018 7:35 am EST

by Richard Cason

Over the last several days EUR CAD has been Trading in a 100 Pip range.  Eur Cad hit its historical Yearly highs of 1.6151 on March 19, 2018 gaining a robust .22%.

On Tuesday March 20, 2018 in early morning European Fx trading session Eur Cad managed to sell off its highs down to 1.6071 as of 0730 am est.  Down -0.0051 (32%).  The Euro appears to be losing some traction due to a mix bag of Euro Economic News originating out of German.
 

The Eur Cad historically hasn’t traded beyond the 1.6161 level since July of 2009.

Investors are also anticipating Canadian Economic news reporting at 08:30am this morning which is the Wholesale Sales (MoM) (Jan).
  
  • Wholesale Sales measures the change in the total value of sales at the wholesale level.  It is a leading indicator of consumer spending.

On the data front we have some lack luster Euro News coming out of Germany today.  

06:00 am est German ZEW Current Conditions (Mar) exceeded expectation |Actual  90.7| Forcasted 90.7| Previous 92.3.

6:00 am est German ZEW Economic Sentiment (Mar) came in below expectation at |Actual 5.1 | Forcasted 13.1|Previous 29.3.

6:00 am est German ZEW Economic Sentiment  came in below expectation |Actual 13.4 | Forcasted 28.1| Previous 29.3.

 

 

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Eur Cad  is trading at 1.6072 appears to be ranging within 70 pip levels. The EurCad is trading below the (13) SMA   seems to be testing the intra day temporary support 1.6013 handle.

The currency pair has broken below the 13 day simply moving average. The 1 hour RSI  is at 32.4 and the Daily RSI is at 61 showing signs of possible weakness.

  • Euro FX futures APR 2018 1.23015 down point -.0.0085 as of 9:23 a.m. eastern standard time
  • U.S. dollar is holding his own the dollar Index  is at  89.94 down  -.01% at 9:23 a.m. this morning   Eastern Standard Time.
  • The US 10-year treasury note trading at 2.864% up .007. Yield Low Today 2.81%   Yield High 2.87%

 

On the Commodities front   Gold is trading at  1310.44  down .465% at 9:23 a.m. this morning.

  • Silver is trading at 16.299 down   -.493% at 9:23 a.m. this morning.
  • Crude oil (WTI) is trading at 63.24 .11 up  +1.88%  at 9:23  at 9:23 am this morning.

 

 

 **Technical Analysis Outlook EURCAD:   “Bearish” |    70   pip Trading Range 03/20/2018 High 1.6151    Low 1.6071

 

  • Potential intraday resistance areas for the EUR CAD R1   1 .6099, R2 1.6199, Intraday Support areas S1 1.6010
    R2  1.5950
  • 1 Hour RSI 32    Daily RSI 60