Market Analysis
XAGUSD week ahead: silver holds gains, what to watch 2026-08-10
Silver closed last week at 63.516 after a sharp run higher, and this week is about whether that momentum holds against a stretched long position.
2 min readAs of Wednesday's close, USDCAD trades at 1.40543. That is down about 109 pips from Monday's open of 1.41632. The week's high sits at 1.41742, printed early Monday, and the low is 1.40390, carved out Wednesday. The bulk of the damage came in a single session, and price has since gone flat near the lows.
The move was almost entirely a Tuesday story. USDCAD opened Tuesday at 1.41490 and closed at 1.40515, a full-figure slide inside one bar. The economic calendar was quiet, so the driver reads as broad US dollar softening rather than a Canadian data surprise. A firmer PBOC yuan fix on Wednesday lined up with that dollar weakness, adding to the pressure that dragged the pair to its lows.
The bundle carries no scheduled high-impact events for the back half of this week, so USDCAD is trading on flow and dollar tone rather than a data catalyst. Watch the daily PBOC fixes as a read on broad dollar direction. If subsequent fixes keep coming in firmer than estimate, the pressure on the dollar that drove Tuesday's drop can persist. If those fixes swing weaker than expected, that same channel can hand the dollar back some ground into Friday. Compare this against a cleaner risk proxy like AUD/USD to gauge whether the move is dollar-wide or pair-specific.
As of Wednesday, LHFX sentiment shows 51.5 percent of open positions long USDCAD against 48.5 percent short. That is a near-even book with the faintest lean toward longs. After a 109 pip drop, a slight long skew suggests some traders are fading the fall rather than chasing it lower, which tends to cap conviction on both sides until price picks a direction.
The 1.4050 zone is the pivot. Price broke it Tuesday and has spent Wednesday consolidating just under it. If USDCAD reclaims 1.4055 and holds, Tuesday's open near 1.4149 comes back into view. If sellers keep it pinned below 1.4050 and drive through the 1.4039 week low, the next round number at 1.4000 is the obvious reference. Track these levels live and put the pair on your watchlist by opening an account with LHFX.
Byline: LHFX Research
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