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USD/JPY Price Analysis: Greenback vulnerable below the 110.00 figure vs. yen

  • USD/JPY is breaking down from a rising wedge pattern. 
  • USD/JPY is set to decline to the 109.55 level. 
 

USD/JPY daily chart

 
USD/JPY is retracing down after the January spike near the 110.00 figure above the main simple moving averages (SMAs). The spot is pulling back down from its highest point since mid-May 2019. 
 

USD/JPY four-hour chart

 
USD/JPY is breaking down from a rising wedge formation while trading above the 100/200 SMAs. Sellers are putting the 109.85 support under pressure below the 50 SMA. If the 109.85 level is taken out, the sellers could lead the market down to the 109.55 level, according to the Technical Confluences Indicator. Resistance is seen at the 110.05 level. 
 

Additional key levels

USD/JPY

Overview
Today last price109.87
Today Daily Change0.06
Today Daily Change %0.05
Today daily open109.81
 
Trends
Daily SMA20109.32
Daily SMA50109.13
Daily SMA100108.61
Daily SMA200108.55
 
Levels
Previous Daily High110.23
Previous Daily Low109.76
Previous Weekly High110.3
Previous Weekly Low109.46
Previous Monthly High109.8
Previous Monthly Low108.43
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%109.94
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%110.05
Daily Pivot Point S1109.64
Daily Pivot Point S2109.47
Daily Pivot Point S3109.17
Daily Pivot Point R1110.11
Daily Pivot Point R2110.4
Daily Pivot Point R3110.57

Author

Flavio Tosti

Flavio Tosti

Independent Analyst

 

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