{"id":2361,"date":"2009-06-08T10:16:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T15:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=2361"},"modified":"2009-06-08T10:16:56","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T15:16:56","slug":"usdjpy-pops-up-to-our-3rd-tier-downtrend-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2009\/06\/08\/usdjpy-pops-up-to-our-3rd-tier-downtrend-line\/","title":{"rendered":"USD\/JPY Pops Up to our 3rd Tier Downtrend Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Fast Brokers <\/strong>&#8211; We got nice movement to the upside from the USD\/JPY on Friday after the currency pair got above our 2nd tier downtrend line.\u00a0 However, the bull-run has hit a wall at our 3rd tier downtrend line as investors hesitate below May highs.\u00a0 We\u2019re finally seeing some volatility from the USD\/JPY after a dry spell with the currency pair participating in the broad appreciation of the Dollar.\u00a0 The USD\/JPY finds itself in an advantageous position in the process.\u00a0 Our 4th and 5th tier downtrend lines are drawing in closer by the day with yearly highs just out of reach.\u00a0 If the USD\/JPY can fight through our 4th and 5th tier downtrend lines along with 2009 highs and the critical 100 level, we may witness a near-term explosion to the upside.\u00a0 However, these barriers are certainly worthy foes, and breaking out to the upside will take convincing volume.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, investors should keep an eye on the EUR\/USD and GBP\/USD since the USD\/JPY should continue to exhibit a negative correlation with these currencies for the time being.\u00a0 Currency movements are honed in on the fate of the Dollar, and the appreciation of the greenback over the past few sessions is a result of the realization that the Fed may need to raise rates by year end to defend the currency.\u00a0 While the uptrend is gaining a little momentum, there are some strong medium-term downtrend forces at work.<\/p>\n<p>Fundamentally, we find resistances of 98.66, 99.49, 100.06, 100.74, and 101.55.\u00a0 To the downside, we see supports of 97.98, 97.45, 96.90, 96.33, and 95.82.\u00a0 The 100 level serves as a key psychological barrier with 95 acting as a psychological cushion.\u00a0 The USD\/JPY is currently exchanging at 98.63.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fastbrokers.net\/news\/image\/6_8yenh.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/fastbrokers.net\/news\/image\/6_8yenh.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Market Commentary<\/strong><\/em> provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastbrokers.com\/index.php?PL080\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Fast Brokers<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> FastBrokers\u2019 market commentary is provided for information purposes only and under no circumstances should be regardedneither as an investment advice nor as a solicitation or an offer to sell\/buy any financial product. 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Please carefully review all risk disclosure documents before opening an account as these financial instruments are not appropriate for all investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fast Brokers &#8211; We got nice movement to the upside from the USD\/JPY on Friday after the currency pair got above our 2nd tier downtrend line.\u00a0 However, the bull-run has hit a wall at our 3rd tier downtrend line as investors hesitate below May highs.\u00a0 We\u2019re finally seeing some volatility from the USD\/JPY after &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2009\/06\/08\/usdjpy-pops-up-to-our-3rd-tier-downtrend-line\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;USD\/JPY Pops Up to our 3rd Tier Downtrend Line&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}