USD/JPY: bulls in control, eyes on equities and dollar/yields

USD/JPY: remains in familiar territory, trades with a bullish bias.
USD/JPY: up to test the key 107.50 as stocks slide.

Ross J Burland FXStreet

The US dollar was higher overnight and stocks were lower; the Nikkei, as expected, is struggling in Tokyo following Wall Street's negative performance.
Currently, EUR/JPY is trading at 132.74, up 0.14% on the day, having posted a daily high at 132.77 and low at 132.54.

USD/JPY has continued to test the upside and hard resistance at 107.50 despite higher yields in the US 10yr treasury's that climbed from 2.86% to 2.93%, moving in on the multi-year high of 2.95% - (2yr yields ranged sideways around 2.43%).

Where next?

On a break here, however, the 108 handle is the key objective on a break of 107.50 and eyes will continue to monitor stocks and the DXY through 90.00.

Preferred Strategy: (Jim Langlands)

USDJPY: Overall the pair remains firm - Jim Langlands of FX Charts

Jim Langlands of FX Charts explained that the daily momentum indicators retain a mildly constructive bias:

" the weeklies are also turning higher so sentiment does look to be improving for US$Jpy although the short term charts look neutral, so a fairly neutral stance is again required, but technically, buying dips still seems to be the plan."

USD/JPY levels

Valeria Bednarik, chief analyst at FXStreet explained that the pair is holding above a daily ascendant trend line coming from April's low at 106.65 and that price also developing above bullish moving averages, however noting that the technical indicators are gaining downward traction around their mid-lines - "upside limited rather than favoring a downward move".

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Ross J Burland

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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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