USDJPY Technical Analysis – The BoJ backtracks after the Fed’s rate cut

Fundamental
Overview

Last Friday, the JPY
weakened across the board following the BoJ policy decision as Governor Ueda made a surprisingly dovish turn by
saying that “there is some time to make a decision on monetary policy because
upside price risks have decreased given the recent FX moves”.

He also mentioned that it’s
important for them to check overseas economic trends including US when making
policy decisions. This suggests that the Fed’s 50 bps cut is making them fear more JPY
appreciation and decreases the need to act with more tightening.

Now that the Fed’s decision
is behind us, the focus will be on the economic data. If we start to see an
improvement, then Treasury yields will likely continue to rise and drive USDJPY
higher. Conversely, if the data weakens significantly, the market will start to
worry about a recession and take USDJPY lower.

USDJPY
Technical Analysis – Daily Timeframe

On the daily chart, we can
see that USDJPY managed to rally all the way to the 144.00 handle where we have
a downward trendline now acting as resistance. This is where we can expect the
sellers to step in with a defined risk above the trendline to position for a drop back into
the 140.00 handle. The buyers, on the other hand, will want to see the price
breaking higher to increase the bullish bets into the 150.00 handle next.

USDJPY Technical
Analysis – 4 hour Timeframe

On the 4 hour chart, we can
see that we have an upward trendline defining the current bullish momentum. If
we get a pullback, we can expect the buyers to lean on the trendline to
position for a break above the major downward trendline. The sellers, on the
other hand, will want to see the price breaking lower to increase the bearish
bets into the 140.00 handle.

USDJPY Technical
Analysis – 1 hour Timeframe

On the 1 hour chart, we can
see that we have two support zones:

• The one around the 143.50 level
  where we can also find the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level for confluence.
• The one around the trendline where
  we can find the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level for confluence.

The buyers will likely step
in around those levels to position for new highs, while the sellers will look
for downside breakouts to increase the bearish bets into new lows. The red
lines define the average daily range for today.

Upcoming
Catalysts

Today we have the US Flash PMIs. Tomorrow, we get the US Consumer Confidence
report. On Thursday, we have the US Jobless Claims. On Friday, we conclude the
week with the Tokyo CPI and US PCE.

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This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at www.forexlive.com.