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USDCAD Technicals: USDCAD extends higher but stalls at key trendline resistance
<p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer">As the trading week moves to a close, the USDCAD is moving higher in trading today, extending the week’s trading range after buyers leaned against an important cluster of moving-average support.</p><p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer"></p><p>At today’s low, the pair found willing buyers near its 200-day moving average at 1.38323 and the 200-hour moving average at 1.38258. When two technically important moving averages sit near one another, the area becomes more significant. Buyers can lean against that cluster because it provides a clearly defined level where they can measure and limit risk.</p><p>The rebound took the price back above the 50% midpoint of the 2026 trading range at 1.38663 and briefly through the nearby swing area between 1.38669 and 1.38770. However, the upside momentum stalled against the downward-sloping trendline connecting the July, late-July, early-August and early-September highs.</p><p>That trendline has now attracted sellers on five separate tests. The repeated failures confirm that it remains an important ceiling—and it sets up the technical battle heading into next week.</p><p>For buyers, getting above the trendline and staying above it would be the first requirement if they are to take more control. They would also need to hold above the 50% retracement at 1.38663. Accomplishing both would increase the bullish bias and put the 100-day moving average at 1.39271 in play as the next major target.</p><p>F
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<p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer">As the trading week moves to a close, the USDCAD is moving higher in trading today, extending the week’s trading range after buyers leaned against an important cluster of moving-average support.</p><p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer"></p><p>At today’s low, the pair found willing buyers near its 200-day moving average at 1.38323 and the 200-hour moving average at 1.38258. When two technically important moving averages sit near one another, the area becomes more significant. Buyers can lean against that cluster because it provides a clearly defined level where they can measure and limit risk.</p><p>The rebound took the price back above the 50% midpoint of the 2026 trading range at 1.38663 and briefly through the nearby swing area between 1.38669 and 1.38770. However, the upside momentum stalled against the downward-sloping trendline connecting the July, late-July, early-August and early-September highs.</p><p>That trendline has now attracted sellers on five separate tests. The repeated failures confirm that it remains an important ceiling—and it sets up the technical battle heading into next week.</p><p>For buyers, getting above the trendline and staying above it would be the first requirement if they are to take more control. They would also need to hold above the 50% retracement at 1.38663. Accomplishing both would increase the bullish bias and put the 100-day moving average at 1.39271 in play as the next major target.</p><p>F
