The dollar also rose against the British pound, which fell to $1.5205 from $1.5290.
The dollar will stay where it is until after the election or perhaps even rise.
I had taken a $10 million long position, betting that the dollar would rise.
The Canadian dollar has risen 2.2 percent in the last two weeks.
But by the middle of the day the dollar was rising again.
The dollar actually rose 5 percent against the British pound.
Such interventions have been most common recently when the dollar was rising.
The dollar has risen more than 3 percent against the mark this year.
In that case, he said, the dollar could rise again.
In the last week, the dollar has risen 2.2 percent against each of them.