USD/JPY Price Analysis: Failure at 135.00 to pave the way for a pullback towards 131.00

On Friday, the USD/JPY climbs 0.11%, and in the week, 2.80%.
Risk-aversion initially weighed on the USD, but late in the North American session, higher US Treasury yields lifted the USD/JPY.
USD/JPY Price Analysis: The USD/JPY might retrace as intervention looms, towards 131.00s.

Christian Borjon Valencia FXStreet

The USD/JPY is registering gains close to 2.80% during the week, and on Friday is edging up after reaching a daily low at 133.36, following the statement’s release by Japanese authorities, which acknowledged the yen weakness. The pair fell, though late as the New York session wanes, recovered, and the USD/JPY is trading at 134.43, up 0.11%.

Wall Street finished the last trading day of the week with losses between 2.53% and 3.56%, portraying the dismal market mood. Meanwhile, US Treasuries rose, with the 10-year benchmark note up at 3.163%, gaining 11 basis points. The greenback followed suit, with the US Dollar Index rallying towards 104.185, up by 0.85%.

USD/JPY Price Analysis: Technical outlook

The major’s daily chart illustrates that the uptrend remains intact, though the rally appears overextended. The top Bollinger band, at 134.62, would be a challenging resistance level to overcome. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) making lower higher-highs, contrary to the USD/JPY’s price action, might create a negative divergence. That said, the USD/JPY might pull back towards the 131.00 area as JPY’s weakness begins to gather Japanese authorities’ attention near the 135.00 mark.

Therefore, the USD/JPY’s first support would be June’s 9 daily low at 133.18. A breach of the latter would expose June’s 8 low at 132.54. Once cleared, the USD/JPY’s next demand zone would be May 9 high-turned-support at 131.34.

Key Technical Levels

USD/JPY

Overview
Today last price	134.42
Today Daily Change	0.08
Today Daily Change %	0.06
Today daily open	134.34

Trends
Daily SMA20	129.41
Daily SMA50	128.24
Daily SMA100	122.48
Daily SMA200	117.84

Levels
Previous Daily High	134.56
Previous Daily Low	133.19
Previous Weekly High	130.98
Previous Weekly Low	126.95
Previous Monthly High	131.35
Previous Monthly Low	126.36
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	134.03
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	133.71
Daily Pivot Point S1	133.5
Daily Pivot Point S2	132.66
Daily Pivot Point S3	132.13
Daily Pivot Point R1	134.87
Daily Pivot Point R2	135.4
Daily Pivot Point R3	136.24

Author

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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