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NZD/JPY Price Analysis: Rises sharply and shifts bullish after reclaiming 90.00

  • NZD/JPY's 0.70% surge driven by Japanese Yen's broad weakness, indicating a bullish turn above the Ichimoku cloud.
  • Upcoming resistance challenges include cycle high at 90.43 and the key 91.00 psychological level.
  • Bears could regain ground, targeting supports at Kumo’s top, the Kijun-Sen, and Kumo’s bottom.

The NZD/JPY soared sharply and posted gains of more than 0.70% on Thursday, courtesy of broad Japanese Yen (JPY) weakness across the board. In doing so, the pair shifted bullish as it broke above the Ichimoku cloud (Kumo), suggesting that bulls are in charge. As the Asian session begins, the NZD/JPY exchanges hands at 90.14, posting minuscule losses of 0.01%.

As the NZD/JPY shifted bullishly, it would face strong resistance levels on its way north, like the latest cycle high at 90.43, the December 27 swing high, followed by the psychological 91.00 figure. Once those two levels are cleared, the next stop would be the December 1 high at 91.52.

If the sentiment shifts in favor of bears and the pair begins to drop, the first support would be the top of the Kumo at 89.80. A successful break of that level would expose the Kijun-Sen at 89.61, followed by the Tenkan-Sen at 89.53, ahead of challenging the bottom of the Kumo at 89.15.

NZD/JPY Price Action – Daily Chart

NZD/JPY Key Technical Levels

NZD/JPY

Overview
Today last price90.12
Today Daily Change0.72
Today Daily Change %0.81
Today daily open89.4
 
Trends
Daily SMA2089.23
Daily SMA5089.48
Daily SMA10088.58
Daily SMA20087.19
 
Levels
Previous Daily High89.6
Previous Daily Low88.72
Previous Weekly High90.42
Previous Weekly Low89.04
Previous Monthly High91.52
Previous Monthly Low87.69
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%89.26
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%89.05
Daily Pivot Point S188.87
Daily Pivot Point S288.35
Daily Pivot Point S387.99
Daily Pivot Point R189.76
Daily Pivot Point R290.12
Daily Pivot Point R390.65

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Christian Borjon Valencia

Markets analyst, news editor, and trading instructor with over 14 years of experience across FX, commodities, US equity indices, and global macro markets.

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