USD/JPY Price Analysis: 200-day SMA back in focus

USD/JPY snaps four-day winning streak.
111.50 holds the key to February high.
Repeated failures to dip below 110.00 signal intermediate pullback.
The monthly support trend line follows the 200-day SMA.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

Despite repeated failures to take out 110.00, USD/JPY registers 0.54% loss while declining to 110.32 during early Monday.

In doing so, the pair snaps the four-day winning streak while also highlighting 200-day SMA for the bears.

However, a sustained break below 110.00 becomes necessary for the sellers to aim for a 200-day SMA level of 108.28 whereas an upward sloping trend line since March 09, 2020, around 107.50, could question the bears afterward.

Meanwhile, buyers will take entry beyond the monthly top surrounding 111.50, a break of which could challenge February month high near 112.20/25.

USD/JPY daily chart

Trend: Pullback expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	110.21
Today Daily Change	-0.71
Today Daily Change %	-0.64%
Today daily open	110.92

Trends
Daily SMA20	107.61
Daily SMA50	108.94
Daily SMA100	108.96
Daily SMA200	108.27

Levels
Previous Daily High	111.51
Previous Daily Low	109.33
Previous Weekly High	111.51
Previous Weekly Low	105.15
Previous Monthly High	112.23
Previous Monthly Low	107.51
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	110.68
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	110.16
Daily Pivot Point S1	109.67
Daily Pivot Point S2	108.41
Daily Pivot Point S3	107.49
Daily Pivot Point R1	111.84
Daily Pivot Point R2	112.76
Daily Pivot Point R3	114.02

Author

Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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