USD/CAD: RSI, volatility, 52-week range · daily
On 2026-10-20, USD/CAD closed at 1.41053, down 0.10% on the day. At the 2026-10-20 close, USD/CAD was 76.2% of the way from its 52-week low to its high. At the 2026-10-20 close, USD/CAD had an RSI(14) of 46.72, in the 39th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of +0.52% was in the 60th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net -23.3% of open interest, at 34% of its own two-year positioning range. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of USD/CAD were 1.41947 / 1.40028 / 1.38796, with price -0.63% / +0.73% / +1.63% against them. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week range of USD/CAD was 1.3484–1.42989; it closed 1.35% below the high and 4.61% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.260% daily, in the 8th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00728 (72.8 pips), 0.52% of price. It has returned -1.23% over 5 days and -0.13% over 60 days.
Figures reflect the latest daily snapshot for 2026-10-20.
USD/CAD here is the price of one US dollar in Canadian dollars, so a rise means the US dollar strengthened against the Canadian dollar. The series is Yahoo Finance’s daily one for USDCAD=X; currencies trade over the counter, with no central exchange, so this is one data provider’s quote, not an official reference rate such as a central bank’s daily fixing.
=== USD/CAD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 1.41053 -0.098%
price & change (as of 2026-10-20, prior 2026-10-19)
close 1.41053
change -0.00139 (-0.098%, -13.9 pips)
gap -0.00148 (-14.8 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-10-20)
range 0.00721 (72.1 pips) (H−L unaffected by the out-of-range close; only close-position is)
close pos n/a (close 0.9 pips above high — async-close artifact)
moving averages (as of 2026-10-20)
20d MA 1.41947 price below by -0.63%
50d MA 1.40028 price above by +0.73%
200d MA 1.38796 price above by +1.63%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-10-20)
20d stdev 0.260% daily ≈ 4.1% annualised (×√252) (8th pct of own history, since 2003 (5983 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.81× (0.260% vs 0.323% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-10-20)
ATR(14) 0.00728 (72.8 pips)
ATR% 0.52% (11th pct of own history, since 2003 (5989 obs))
range/ATR 99.0%
52-week range (as of 2026-10-20)
high 1.42989 (-1.35% from high)
low 1.34840 (+4.61% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-10-20)
RSI(14) 46.72 (39th pct of own history, since 2003 (5989 obs))
returns (as of 2026-10-20)
5d return -1.23%
20d return +0.52%
60d return -0.13%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis (to 2008) 0.64% (from 2003-09-17)
ZIRP (2009–2015) 0.58%
tightening (2015–2018) 0.48%
ZIRP (2019–2021) 0.46%
tightening (2022–2023) 0.44%
easing (2024– ) 0.32%
positioning (as of 2026-10-13)
next COT as of 2026-10-20 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net -88,112 contracts (net short CAD; = long USD in USD/CAD terms)
net % OI -23.3%
net%OI range -31.9% … -6.8% (own 146w)
w/w change -8,487
rate differential (USD–CAD policy)
USD (EFFR) 3.88% (as of 2026-10-19, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-10-28 (8 days)
CAD (BOC_TARGET) 2.25% (as of 2026-10-19, announced target)
next BoC 2026-10-28 (8 days)
differential +1.63% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-10-20)
vs DXY +0.69
vs S&P 500 +0.02
vs DXY beta +0.60 (26w)