EUR/JPY rallies the hardest vs EUR/CHF as CHF/JPY spikes following ECB

EUR/JPY rallies hard following hawkish ECB cut and trade war optimism.
EUR/JPY tracking positive sentiment in financial and commodity markets.

Ross J Burland FXStreet

While the trade war tensions seem to be easing, with stocks climbing and risk appetite returning in droves to financial and commodity markets, EUR/JPY is up 0.79% on the US session so far following what has been perceived as a hawkish rate cut from the European Central Bank earlier today.

EUR/JPY is currently trading at 119.65 having ranged between a low of 117.55 and 119.82, whipsawed over the ECB announcements before gaining bullish traction towards the 2nd August spike high at 119.87.

ECB QA is likely to be with us for a considerably long time

The main take away from today's ECB policy announcements is that QA is likely to be with us for a considerably long time considering policy is explicitly linked to the central bank's inflation target while it is up to the individual nations to offer fiscal stimulus. However, with only a 10bps rate cut and €20bn/month of QE, some observers feel this was not enough.

"We don't think that the ECB has delivered enough. We think it will have to deliver at least two more 10bps rate cuts in December and March, as well as to augment the pace of QE to €40bn/month in March once the global macro environment worsens further," analysts at TD Securities argued.

EUR/USD key technical thresholds held, in both directions - What this means is the Swiss National Bank are likely to refrain from too much intervention for the time being considering the euro has not broken the lower boundaries on a slightly disappointing outcome from the ECB.

EUR/JPY bulls pile in, CHF/JPY caps EUR/CHF's advance

The SNB declined to comment about the possible implications for its own monetary policy. Denmarks National bank cut its key policy rate by 10bp to minus 0.75% after the ECB's announcements. EUR/JPY has rallied the furthest and CHF/JPY has continued higher by 0.70%.

"This lack of a strong directional cue suggests investors will pivot quickly to next week's FOMC meeting for guidance. The ECB's policy measures may be "adequate", but we think that leaves the market in need of fresh catalysts to provide more of a push to escape recent ranges," analysts at TD Securities explained.

EUR/JPY levels

EUR/JPY

Overview
Today last price	119.66
Today Daily Change	0.94
Today Daily Change %	0.79
Today daily open	118.72

Trends
Daily SMA20	117.74
Daily SMA50	119.34
Daily SMA100	121.01
Daily SMA200	123.32

Levels
Previous Daily High	119.18
Previous Daily Low	118.29
Previous Weekly High	118.62
Previous Weekly Low	115.86
Previous Monthly High	120.72
Previous Monthly Low	116.57
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	118.63
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	118.84
Daily Pivot Point S1	118.28
Daily Pivot Point S2	117.84
Daily Pivot Point S3	117.4
Daily Pivot Point R1	119.17
Daily Pivot Point R2	119.61
Daily Pivot Point R3	120.05

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Ross J Burland

FXStreet

Ross J Burland, born in England, UK, is a sportsman at heart. He played Rugby and Judo for his county, Kent and the South East of England Rugby team.

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