Below you will find an USDCAD technical analysis using supply and demand imbalances as price areas where a potential trade can happen. USDCAD Forex cross pair has reacted to a very strong weekly supply level around 1.3565, reached that weekly supply imbalance two weeks ago and USD Forex cross pair has been dropping ever since.
Once a very strong supply level like the one mentioned above has gained control, going long on the USDCAD Forex cross pair becomes very low odds, it’s not a very good trading strategy to go long against a very strong supply level in control. Had you considered this kind of technical analysis on USDCAD, you would have been thinking of going short instead of longs.
As a beginner trading Forex, you will be taught to trade all kinds of lagging indicators like moving average crosses, under-bought and over-bought oscillators like CCI and RSI, and the like. We don’t need to use any indicators to make a trading decision. As a beginner in Forex trading, you will be tempted to do it because that’s what everyone out there is teaching and telling you to do. But as a thinking person, you should not put yourself as a Forex beginner or newbie, think about it. If everyone knows that everyone is doing the same thing, that thing can no longer be an edge.
USDCAD Forex cross-pair has been dropping strongly from the weekly supply level; only shorts are allowed in lower timeframes. No need to pay attention to any fundamental news and data releases; it’s already priced in.
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