USD/JPY - ¥155 remains an important hurdle for the dollar - 11/08/2024 (GMT)

Compared to several other major pairs in recent days, dollar-yen’s next direction seems a lot less clear. The Japanese government is likely to monitor the possible impact of Donald Trump’s election on Japan’s economy but, for the moment, it seems to be less negative compared to the EU.

Losses since 7 November haven’t been accompanied by very high volume of selling, which would usually suggest profit-taking rather than the start of a new downtrend or sideways trend. There’s also no longer any indication of overbought based on either the slow stochastic or Bollinger Bands. A close above ¥155 could be a reliable signal that the uptrend will continue, but that depends on American inflation on 13 November, news from Japan and overall sentiment.

The 50 SMA from Bands is in the process of golden crossing the 100 SMA around the 38.2% weekly Fibonacci retracement, so ¥148.20 is likely to be a strong support in the event of a fairly deep retracement. Equally, the 20 SMA has been an active dynamic support in recent days. A move back to the area of the 50% Fibo, the main technical reference in August-September, seems very unfavourable for now.

This is my personal opinion which does not represent the opinion of Exness.