USD/JPY Price Analysis: Advances above 150.00 as markets anticipate Fed minutes

USD/JPY reaches 150.30, gaining ahead of key Fed meeting insights, maintaining an upward trajectory.
Technical indicators highlight bullish stance, with potential resistance near 151.00 amid intervention concerns.
Support levels at 149.91 and 149.15 to be tested if retreat below 150.00 occurs, signaling possible shifts.

Christian Borjon Valencia FXStreet

The USD/JPY climb above the 150.00 figure extended its gains ahead of the release of the minutes of the lates Federal Reserve’s (Fed) meeting. At the time of writing, the pair trades at 150.30, up by 0.20%.

The daily chart portrays the pair as upward biased, sigting above the Ichimoku Cloud (Kumo) and above the Tenkan and Kijun-Sen. That along with Relative Strength Index (RSI) studies at bullish territory, would suggest the USD/JPY could test the 151.00 figure and beyond, if not for Japanese authorities threats to intervene the markets. A breach above 151.00 would expose last year’s high of 151.91.

Conversely, if USD/JPY drops below the 150.00 mark, that would exacerbate a test of the Tenkan-Sen at 149.91. Once cleared, the next support would be the Senkou Span A at 149.15, followed by the Kijun-Sen at 148.39.

USD/JPY Price Action – Daily Chart

USD/JPY TECHNICAL LEVELS

Overview
Today last price	150.33
Today Daily Change	0.36
Today Daily Change %	0.24
Today daily open	149.97

Trends
Daily SMA20	148.73
Daily SMA50	146
Daily SMA100	147.58
Daily SMA200	145.5

Levels
Previous Daily High	150.44
Previous Daily Low	149.68
Previous Weekly High	150.89
Previous Weekly Low	148.93
Previous Monthly High	148.81
Previous Monthly Low	140.81
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	149.97
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	150.15
Daily Pivot Point S1	149.62
Daily Pivot Point S2	149.28
Daily Pivot Point S3	148.87
Daily Pivot Point R1	150.38
Daily Pivot Point R2	150.78
Daily Pivot Point R3	151.13

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Christian Borjon Valencia

FXStreet

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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