USD/JPY Price Analysis: Pair maintains above 146.00, recent momentum remains tepid

USD/JPY trades lower around 146.10, struggling to extend gains.
MACD suggests that recent momentum is tepid as lies below the signal line.
147.00 psychological level emerges as the key resistance aligned to the previous week’s high.

Akhtar Faruqui FXStreet

USD/JPY struggles to extend the previous session’s gains, trading lower around 146.10 during the Asian session on Monday. The pair moves in sideways as traders adopt a cautious stance on monetary policy decision by the US Federal Reserve (Fed), following the mixed employment data from the United States (US) released on Friday.

The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) line remains above the centerline but lies below the signal line, which indicates that recent momentum is tepid.

The pair could face a challenge around 147.00 psychological level, followed by the area around the previous week’s high at 147.37.

On the flip side, the 14-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at 145.67 could act as immediate support, following the 21-day EMA at 145.19.

A firm break below the latter could inspire the USD/JPY sellers to navigate the region around 23.6% Fibonacci retracement at 144.98, following the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement at 143.50.

In the short term, the USD/JPY pair remains to be bullish as long as the 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) stays above 50.

USD/JPY: Daily Chart

USD/JPY: additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	146.17
Today Daily Change	-0.06
Today Daily Change %	-0.04
Today daily open	146.23

Trends
Daily SMA20	145.38
Daily SMA50	143.23
Daily SMA100	140.52
Daily SMA200	136.83

Levels
Previous Daily High	146.29
Previous Daily Low	144.44
Previous Weekly High	147.38
Previous Weekly Low	144.44
Previous Monthly High	147.38
Previous Monthly Low	141.51
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	145.59
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	145.15
Daily Pivot Point S1	145.02
Daily Pivot Point S2	143.8
Daily Pivot Point S3	143.16
Daily Pivot Point R1	146.87
Daily Pivot Point R2	147.51
Daily Pivot Point R3	148.72

Author

Akhtar Faruqui

FXStreet

Akhtar Faruqui is a Forex Analyst based in New Delhi, India. With a keen eye for market trends and a passion for dissecting complex financial dynamics, he is dedicated to delivering accurate and insightful Forex news and analysis.

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