EUR/JPY Price Forecast: Long-term uptrend might still be intact

EUR/JPY has been in an uptrend for over two years, and despite a breakdown in July, it may still be intact.
Ideally, another break below the August lows in the 154.00s would be necessary to indicate a reversal of the trend.

Joaquin Monfort FXStreet

EUR/JPY broke out of the rising channel it had been in for over two years, in late July.

The breakdown was a significant bearish sign; it was steeper than the prior uptrend indicating a possible reversal in the long-term trend.

Despite this, there is still not enough evidence to confirm a reversal lower, and the price could still recover and go back up again, resuming its broad uptrend.

EUR/JPY Weekly Chart

The sell-off from the peak in the 170.00s bottomed in the 154.00s at the level of the blue 100-week Simple Moving Average (SMA), a significant major SMA.

EUR/JPY then recovered, rising back above the 160.00 level during the beginning of August. The week-ending August 9 formed a bullish Dragonfly Doji Japanese candlestick pattern (shaded circle) which gained confirmation after the following week also closed green. Since then, however, the price has broadly oscillated in a range.

A break above 163.89 would probably signal a resumption of the dominant multi-year uptrend. From there price would probably rise back up to the 50-day SMA at 166.00 (not shown), initially.

It would take a break below the low of the Dragonfly Doji at 154.41 to signal a probable reversal of the longer-term trend. Such a move would probably find support at 151.41 at first – the late July lows.

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Joaquin Monfort

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Joaquin Monfort is a financial writer and analyst with over 10 years experience writing about financial markets and alt data. He holds a degree in Anthropology from London University and a Diploma in Technical analysis.

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