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AUD/JPY Price Analysis: Conquers the 50-day EMA, reclaims 95.00 on upbeat mood

  • AUD/JPY has climbed for two-straight days after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) intervention and is up by 0.87% in the week.
  • The AUD/JPY daily chart is upward-biased, and if it clears 95.44, a retest of 96.40 is on the cards, ahead f the YTD high at 98.60.

The AUD/JPY rebounded at the 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) and rose to Wednesday’s daily high at 95.44 before trimming some gains. However, the cross-currency finished the day with a half-percentage point gain. As the Thursday Asian Pacific session begins, the AUD/JPY is trading at 95.03, flat.

AUD/JPY Price Analysis: Technical outlook

The AUD/JPY daily chart delineates the pair trading upwards, as the upward bias remains intact. Worth noticing that on its way toward 95.00, the cross-currency pair cleared the 50-day EMA, shifting the bias from neutral-upwards to upwards, opening the door for further gains. Also, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is in bullish territory, and the slope turned flat, meaning that the AUD/JPY might consolidate before resuming the ongoing uptrend.

Upwards, the AUD/JPY’s first resistance would be October’s 26 daily high at 95.44, followed by the 96.00 figure, and the September 22 daily high at 96.40. Conversely, the AUD/JPY’s first support would be the 50-day EMA at 94.64. A breach of the latter will send the cross sliding towards the 100-day EMA at 94.17, followed by the 20-day EMA at 93.45.

AUD/JPY Key Technical Levels

AUD/JPY

Overview
Today last price95.04
Today Daily Change0.43
Today Daily Change %0.45
Today daily open94.61
 
Trends
Daily SMA2093.36
Daily SMA5094.62
Daily SMA10094.22
Daily SMA20091.24
 
Levels
Previous Daily High94.67
Previous Daily Low93.87
Previous Weekly High95.75
Previous Weekly Low92.13
Previous Monthly High98.58
Previous Monthly Low92.13
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%94.36
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%94.18
Daily Pivot Point S194.1
Daily Pivot Point S293.58
Daily Pivot Point S393.29
Daily Pivot Point R194.9
Daily Pivot Point R295.19
Daily Pivot Point R395.7

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Christian Borjon Valencia

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