Talking Points
- USD/JPY trying to break through key resistance
- GBP/USD turns down again
- NZD/JPY triggers multi-month Head Shoulders pattern
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Foreign Exchange Price Time at a Glance:
Price Time Analysis: USD/JPY
Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr
- USD/JPY broke to a new high for the year this morning before stalling at the 9th square root realtionship of the years’s low near 109.75
- Our near-term trend bias is higher while over 108.30
- A close over 109.75 is needed to confirm that a new leg higher is underway
- An important turn window is eyed next week
- A close below 108.30 would turn us negative on the exchange rate
USD/JPY Strategy: Like holding reduced long positions while above 108.30
Price Time Analysis: GBP/USD
Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr
- GBP/USD has come under steady albeit modest pressure since failing at the 78.6% retracement of the September range at 1.6515
- Our near-term trend bias is in Cable while below 1.6515
- Interim support is eyed between 1.6175/35 ahead of the key 1.6055 level
- A minor turn window is eyed today
- A close over 1.6515 would turn us positive on the Pound
GPB/USD Strategy: Like the short side while below 1.65152
Focus Chart of the Day: NZD/JPY
NZD/USD was the big story overnight as the RNBZ confirmed the speculation that they are intervening in the market. The news prompted a large volume decline to its lowest level since July of last year. The moves in the crosses were perhaps more interesting as AUD/NZD moved impulsively higher and is not just a few pips shy of a new year-to-date high. A breach of this level would be seen as further evidence that an important uptrend is underway following the 8.6 year cycle low in July. The decline in NZD/JPY is alos quite interesting as it broke under the neckline of a multi-month head shoulders pattern (daily closing basis) at .8575. The measured objective of the pattern is around .8200.
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— Written by Kristian Kerr, Senior Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com
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