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Back in mid-September of 2012, the price of WCS crude oil experienced a severe downturn that saw the value of Canada’s largest export fall more than 51%, bottoming out in mid-December at a mere $44.23 per barrel. This bear market, largely the result of the aforementioned transportation bottlenecks that restricted exports, coincided with the speculative community shifting en masse from a record net-long position to holding one of the largest net-short positions of all time (Chart 3). Since marking its low in December, WCS crude has risen more than 85%, while speculators have continued to short the Canadian dollar. This has resulted in a divergence from the historically positive correlation between the price of crude oil and the loonie, with WCS rising while the Canadian dollar fell. So far, the shorts have been on the right side of the trade. However, with the oil picture shifting substantially in Canada’s favor, a significant short covering could be in the offing.

It is worth noting, though, that unlike most commodity futures, where the exchange-traded markets set the global benchmarks, currencies trade primarily outside the purview of the CFTC, and therefore the Commitment of Traders report does not provide a complete picture of how the market is positioned. However, FX dealers are reporting similar trends among their own speculative clients, so the COT data would seem to serve as a reasonable proxy for the underlying market.

The Canadian dollar is now near the low end of the range in which it has traded over the past 18 months, and April is seasonally the Canadian dollar’s strongest month, with the most frequent positive returns and highest average returns. Given the heavily short position of the speculative community, and early reports of those positions being unwound, now would seem an opportune time to enter a new long position in the currency. Buy June Canadian dollar, placing initial stops at 95.50, close only.

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