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The Bank of Canada’s (BoC) rate decision today is unlikely to get anyone excited. The key rate is likely to remain unchanged at 0.25%, as there is increasing evidence that for now the worst is over for Canada as far as the corona pandemic is concerned. Friday’s labour market data surprised with a much more pronounced rise in jobs than expected.
On the other hand, the corona crisis has not yet been overcome, there is the risk of a second wave, and in some countries the virus is still spreading quickly – as is the case in the neighbouring US.
So, the market is likely to be keeping a close eye on the outlook that will be published by the BoC as part of its monetary policy report. Focus will also be on the press conference as it will be the first one under the new BoC governor Tiff Macklem. Everything all told today’s meeting is unlikely to move CAD much. The BoC is unlikely to promise that key rates will rise again in the foreseeable future. The most that could happen is that speculation about negative interest rates might get a dampener. The BoC could also promise that it will further reduce the extent of its quantitative easing measures. That might provide support for CAD short-term. However, the meeting is unlikely to provide long term momentum.
USDCAD OTC Outlook And Options Strategy:
Given the above concerns, despite the struggling momentum in USDCAD in the recent past, we maintain that directionality from here is higher in the pair. It makes sense that CAD has focus on Canada's specific weaknesses grows larger.
Hence, add longs in USDCAD via options with diagonal tenors contemplating above fundamental factors and below OTC indications:
The fresh positive bids to the existing bullish risk reversal setup indicates the broader hedging sentiments for the upside price risks amid minor hiccups in the shorter tenors (refer 1st chart).
To substantiate this stance, we combine the positively skewed IVs of 3m tenors that are indicating the upside risks in the days to come (refer 2nd chart).
Hence, at this juncture (spot reference: 1.3562 levels), we activate shorts in CAD on hedging grounds via 3m/2w (1.3315/1.39) debit call spread. If the scenario outlined above unfolds, we will re-assess our stance but at the moment there are no changes to our CAD recommendations. Courtesy: Sentry, Saxo & JPM
