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USDCAD Consolidates Latest Push Higher And Overbought Conditions

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  • USDCAD trades towards the middle of the day’s elevated levels having earlier set new recent highs of 1.3556 at it continues a push towards 1.3585 (Jun 1 high).
  • Technically overbought conditions on a 14-d RSI basis in the past couple days haven’t prevented the pair pushing higher, and a more concerted push higher would ultimately open a key resistance at 1.3655 (May 26 high).
  • The nearest strike of note for today’s option expiry at the NY cut is $590M at 1.3550, after yesterday’s $1B expiry at 1.3490 appeared to have had some sway in the lead up to 1000ET.
  • IPPI and raw materials prices headline the docket and after core CPI moderated by less than some had hoped in trend terms on Tue.

Source: Bloomberg

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