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USDJPY: Contracting Triangle Done? What's Next? Wave 5 Down?

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FX:USDJPY   U.S. Dollar / Japanese Yen
In my previous post on this pair about a contracting triangle (see Related Ideas; "QUICK ANALYSIS: USDJPY: Scenario #1: Contracting Triangle Wave 4"), I said that the contracting triangle was nearly finished with the wave E just about completed. That was before the FOMC announcement. Well, the FOMC did this Scenario a BIG favor and followed my Scenario PERFECTLY! Not only did it NOT break the upper TL, but it sent prices directly down to hit the lower TL EXACTLY. Almost as if I told it what to do! LOl! But we all know I don't have that kind of authority!

But what this price action tells me i that this contracting triangle was the wave 4 in my wave count and that now the wave 5 down should be or has already started.

So what I wanted to show here in the main chart is my wave count for what I see is the start of the wave 5 down. Right now, the wave (1) down is underway. It may end here at the B point line of the larger crab pattern (see 4Hr chart below) which also serves as a MAJOR SR Structure. Prices may bounce from here in a wave (2). I'm showing where there may be some points that prices may retrace in a wave (2).

4Hr Chart - Showing 2 POTENTIAL Patterns For Possible Wave 5 Targets

MY TRADE PLAN
I'm already SHORT from the upper TL prior to the FOMC. I will wait until prices break and close below the B point line to take another SHORT position to add to my portfolio of SHORTS I am holding.

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