USD/JPY Rate Forecast Talking Points:
- The ONE Thing: JPY strength is emerging vs. US Dollar this week but has been prominent against weaker FX (EUR, GBP, AUD) for a while. US Dollar weakness vs. JPY developed despite a rather stable fundamental economic data like the Federal Reserve’s FOMC announcement and Non-Farm Payroll numbers.
- USD/JPY Price Forecast: An evening start pattern has emerged against the 110 barrier and just below the 200-DMA. Such patterns tend to show a reversal and as a result JPY strength may emerge. However, it’s likely best to focus on weaker currencies than the USD if buying JPY.
- USD/JPY Rate Insight from IG UK: biased lower on based on net-bullish USD/JPY bias Sentiment is utilized as a contrarian technical trading tool, which derives insight from our Traits of Successful Traders research
The Japanese Yen stopped falling before it could drop below the 200-DMA (110.30 JPY per USD) this week. What’s more important for technical traders is the patterned developed known as the evening star pattern that resulted in an unwind of the JPY short trade and a drop in the pair.
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What traders should be aware of is that JPY strength has already been prominent against other currencies like the British Pound, Euro, and Australian Dollar. Additionally, looking below at the scorecard utilized for the FX Overbought/ Oversold report shows US Dollar as one of the strongest currencies specifically against three currencies, the CHF & MXN. In other words, there may be quicker wins or lower hanging fruit if you’re looking to buy JPY than against US Dollar such as the EUR, GBP, or Australian Dollar.
Bonus: AUDJPY option risk reversals (highlighted below) are also showing a growing bias to pay a premium (i.e., protect like insurance) against increasing losses or AUDJPY lower over the next week and month after a rather dovish RBA.
G10 FX Momentum Scorecard RSI(3) - May 4, 2018
Data source: Bloomberg
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USD/JPY Rate Fails To Clear 200-DMA, Post Bearish Evening Start Pattern Instead
Chart Source: Pro Real Time, an IG Charting Package, IG UK Price Feed. Created by Tyler Yell, CMT
USD/JPY failed to push above 110 this week, but further US Dollar strength may carry the pair higher.
I am looking to Ichimoku levels of the 26-day midpoint or Kijun-Sen (108.32) and the current top-line of the cloud (107.46) as key support before switching from my view that USD will strengthen further vs. the JPY.
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As noted above, that does not mean we will be without JPY strength in the market, just that the US DOLLAR would be a difficult play.
USD/JPY Insight from IG UK Client Positioning –Net Long Positions Favors Downside Bias
Source: IG CLIENT SENTIMENT, data provided by IG
We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests USDJPY prices may continue to fall.
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---Written by Tyler Yell, CMT
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