EUR/JPY Price Analysis: Sellers penetrate 38.2% Fibonacci retracement
|- EUR/JPY has breached key Fibonacci retracement support at 122.32.
- The breakdown has exposed the widely-tracked 200-day simple moving average.
EUR/JPY fell by 0.37% on Thursday to register its fourth-straught daily loss.
Notably, the pair closed below 122.32 on Thursday. That level marks the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of the rally from the May 7 low of 114.40 to Sept. 1 high of 127.07.
The breakdown of the Fibonacci retracement support is backed by a below-50 or bearish reading on the 14-day relative strength index and shifted focus to deeper support at 121.14 (200-day simple moving average).
The 5- and 10-day simple moving averages are also trending south. indicting a bearish setup.
A close above the former support-turned-resistance at 123.02 (Oct. 15 low) would negate the bearish view.
Daily chart
Trend: Bearish
Technical levels
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