Daily Technical Update
January 28, 2010
(USD/CAD) Stalking Possible Reversal Setup

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  • Daily and 4H: The USD/CAD broke below its rising trendline but this correction from the rally looks to be short-lived. (Refer to Daily Video Technical Update ; 2nd pair). The key is to stalk the current bounce from 1.0550, better seen in 4H time-frame.
  • The daily candlestick shows possible reversal signal if the market closes lower.
  • If the market closes above 1.0690, the rally continues. However, if the market is able to close below at one of the retracement levels (see 1H chart), then there may still be a further decline to the 38.2% or even 50% level (1.05 and 1.045 respectively).
  • Looking at the daily, there is a reversal signal if the market closes below the low of the previous candle. This would basically require a close below 1.06.
  • 1H: The bearish outlook even in the short term will be difficult to materialize during such a strong uptrend. But if the market does show weakness in the current US session, and if the pair doesn’t take off neither in the Asian session, the correction decline would be likely.
  • A quick assessment of risk using 3ATR and reward using 1.0450 target yields about 130:90 or 1.44:1. However, if  you are strong on this short-term bearishness, which could just be a correction, be ready to switch right back into bullish mode if the decline weakens.

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Fan Yang

Currency Analyst
Commodity Trading Advisor

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