USD/JPY trades in descending channel During previous trading session the currency exchange rate expectedly approached and made a rebound from the upper-boundary of the current descending channel. As a result, now the pair is expected to continue moving to the bottom. This direction is also supported by the fact that the 55- and 100-hour SMAs are located above...
USD/JPY slips in new channel down As it was expected, different news coming from the United States and Asia created a downside momentum that allowed traders with bearish outlook to push the currency pair down to the 113.65 level. The further deprecation of the buck was stopped by a slope consisting from October 16 and October 31 minimums. An existence of this...
USD/JPY reaches July 2017 maximum at 114.50 A release of data that beat analysts’ expectations not only signified a breakout from symmetrical triangle pattern but also provided a necessary impulse to reach the maximum of July 2017 located at the 114.50 level. That fundamental event was also significant for a couple of other reasons. First of all, it became...
USD/JPY approaches 113.80 New trading week the currency rate stared in a limbo between the 200-hour SMA from the bottom and a combination of the weekly PP, the 55- and 100-hour SMAs from the top. Such neutral movement reflects anticipation of the Bank of Japan Policy Rate announcement. But since there is high probability that the central bank will left the...
Morning outlook - USD/JPY fails to surge above 114.20 Although the currency exchange rate was fluctuating in an ascending triangle, releases of better than expected American data forced the pair to stop testing the weekly R1 at 114.19 and make a breakout in the southern direction. As the rate has already passed through the 55- and 100-hour SMAs, it is expected...
Morning outlook - USD/JPY surges to 114.00 amid Abe’s victory In accordance with experts’ expectations, the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party secured their seats for another term. Anticipation and confirmation of this result led to sharp appreciation of the Dollar against the Yen, allowing the pair to reach a new cellar at the...
Selling opportunity on USDJPY using the Elliott Wave theory in the 1hr time frame
Morning outlook - USD/JPY tries to reach 112.60 During previous trading session, the Greenback continued to strengthen against the Yen, fluctuating in two minor ascending channels. At the moment, the turnaround of the rate seems unlikely, as the southern side is reliably secured by a combination of the 55- and 100-hour SMAs in conjunction with the weekly PP at...
Buy on dips for a target to 112.95, stop below 112.11
Morning outlook - USD/JPY trades near 111.88 In accordance with expectations, the currency exchange rate continued to move to the south within one-week long descending channel. The further deprecation of the buck was supported not only by the pressure of 55-, 100- and 200-hour SMAs that were moving along the pattern’s upper boundary, but also by the increased...
The pair finally has broken down the lower boundary of the consolidation and is trading below it. The move was sharp and supported by large volume, which is a good bearish signal, but we should note that volume was concentrated at the bottom of the fall and the new support level was created. It is 111.73 - 111.86. So we can open short positions after a sure...
Morning outlook - USD/JPY down 0.6% amid growing Trump & Kim rhetoric In line with expectations, the currency rate continued to climb to the top, trying to reach the upper line of an ascending triangle pattern, another escalation of the North Korean crisis led to fall of the rate by 68 basis points just in two hours. Accordingly, in the beginning of this...
Morning outlook - USD/JPY surges amid US fundamentals In line with expectations, the currency rate reached and made a successful rebound from the bottom trend-line of a senior ascending channel. Fortunately for the buck, this technical moment matched with release of information on the US non-manufacturing activity. However, the surge did not last for long, as...
Morning outlook - USD/JPY surges towards updated weekly R1 at 113.36 Despite a certain volatility that was caused by a release of information on the US consumer spending, the pair continued to gradually climb to the top, as expected. In the first half of Monday, the rate is likely to cross the upper trend-line of a junior descending channel and continue to head...
Morning outlook - USD/JPY breaks long term pattern Unfortunately for the Yen, the buck traders managed to push the pair through a combined resistance formed by the monthly R2 at 112.54 in conjunction with the upper trend-line of a ten month long falling wedge pattern. Despite such significant breakthrough, the exchange rate continues to fluctuate in two recently...
Morning outlook - USD/JPY continue to fluctuate near monthly R2 at 112.55 Due to increasing hostile rhetoric between the US and North Korea about mutual destruction, the Yen got another momentum to try to return to the 111.38 level. But this attempt was neutralized by the 100-hour SMA near 111.72. Because of this support, the buck started restoring its lost...
Morning outlook - USD/JPY fails to break above 111.26 two times In line with expectations, until a release of data on the US Retail Sales the currency pair spent in an upward movement. In the process, it made two attempts to break above the monthly R1 at 111.26 but both of them failed. Due to pressure from the approaching 55- and 100-hour SMAs as well as...
Morning outlook - USD/JPY confidently moves to north In result of the yesterday’s advance, the currency exchange rate managed to cross practically all barriers on its way. As a result, the only two obstacles that could prevent the further path to the north, except for the upper trend-line of a former descending channel near 110.42, are the weekly R2 at...