Karen Jones, analyst at Commerzbank, suggests that USD/JPY’s correction higher has so far been thwarted by the 20 day ma at 108.05, and the market stays immediately offered below the near term downtrend at 108.23.
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“We note that the Elliott wave count is implying a deeper retracement into the 108.65/109.25 band ahead of failure and for now will stay side lined. We continue to look for losses to the 78.6% retracement at 105.87.”
“Above the near term downtrend, minor resistance comes in at the 110.84 April 10 low and the 111.03 200 day moving average. These guard the 2015-2019 downtrend at 112.14.”
“We look for the market to remain capped by its 112.14 2015-2019 downtrend, only above here would target the 114.55 October 2018 high.”
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