USD/JPY Price Analysis: Refreshes monthly top, 110.80 in focus

USD/JPY takes the bids to renew multi-day top, prints three-day uptrend.
Sustained break of the key moving averages, trend lines favor bulls.
11-week-old horizontal area guards immediate upside, 109.10 adds to supports.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

USD/JPY extends three-day uptrend to renew the monthly high near 110.50, up 0.14% intraday as European traders brace for Friday’s task.

The yen pair crossed a convergence of the 50-day and 100-day SMA the previous day before closing beyond downward sloping resistance lines, now supports, stretched from July and August.

Given the bullish MACD signals joining the upside break of important resistance-turned-support, USD/JPY is ready for further advances towards the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of July-August declines, near 110.55.

However, the pair’s rise past 110.55 will be challenged by a short-term horizontal line near 110.80, a break of which will direct the bulls towards July’s top of 111.65.

Meanwhile, pullback moves may first retest the descending trend line from August, surrounding 110.23, before revisiting the previous resistance line from July near 110.14.

Also important is the convergence of the stated moving averages and 38.2% Fibonacci retracement around 109.90.

In a case where USD/JPY bears keep controls below 109.90 multiple lows near 109.10 will challenge the further downside.

USD/JPY: Daily chart

Trend: Further upside expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	110.46
Today Daily Change	0.13
Today Daily Change %	0.12%
Today daily open	110.33

Trends
Daily SMA20	109.84
Daily SMA50	109.86
Daily SMA100	109.87
Daily SMA200	108.22

Levels
Previous Daily High	110.35
Previous Daily Low	109.76
Previous Weekly High	110.16
Previous Weekly Low	109.11
Previous Monthly High	110.8
Previous Monthly Low	108.72
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	110.12
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	109.98
Daily Pivot Point S1	109.94
Daily Pivot Point S2	109.55
Daily Pivot Point S3	109.35
Daily Pivot Point R1	110.53
Daily Pivot Point R2	110.74
Daily Pivot Point R3	111.12

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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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