USD/CAD analysis for December 19, 2013

USD/CAD Elliott Wave
For the last few days the USD/CAD pair has been trading upwards, impulsive wave .iii (coloured black) of the bigger wave iii (coloured blue) has been developing. Yesterday, during the Asian and European session we could observe strong ascending movement from 1.0600 towards 1.0669 level. Therefore, during the New York session this commodity pair has continued trading in a bullish mood and the price reached a new sessions high at 1.0718 level. At the moment the USD/CAD pair is trading around 1.0722 level and we are expecting to see more upwards movements in the final (5) wave.In accordance with our wave rules and taking into account that wave 5 should retrace 61.8% of wave 4 we can define the potential targets with measuring wave 3 with take profit at 1.0797 (61.8% of wave 4). To reduce the risk, we can use invalidation point at 1.0620 level as stop loss.

Support and Resistance
(S3) 1.0540 (S2) 1.0557 (S1) 1.0582 (PP) 1.0599 (R1) 1.0624 (R2) 1.0641 (R3) 1.0666

Trading forecast
Proceeding from Elliott Wave rules today, the trend is expected to begin the upwards movements. That is why long positions at 1.0700 with stop loss at 1.0600 and take profit at 1.0797 are recommended.