USD/JPY scope for correction lower/consolidation – Commerzbank

Pablo Piovano FXStreet

In view of Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, the pair could attempt a correction lower or a consolidative pattern in the near term.

Key Quotes

“USD/JPY continues to consolidate at the 100 week ma at 114.74, this together with a divergence of the daily RSI and a 13 count does point to a near term correction lower/consolidation. Dips lower are expected to hold the 111.60/109.60 zone for a reattempt on the topside. Above here we also have the 115.41 top of the weekly cloud (this is also the location of the 61.8% retracement of the move 2015-2016) and we are allowing for a near term consolidation. Intraday Elliott wave counts are not as negative and we have raise our take profit”.

“Above 115.41 would target 120.00/120.10, the 78.6% retracement of the move down from 2015”.

	TREND INDEX	OB/OS INDEX	VOLATILY INDEX
15M	Bearish	Overbought	High
1H	Bullish	Neutral	Expanding
4H	Bearish	Neutral	Low
1D	Bullish	Overbought	Low
1W	Bullish	Neutral	High
Updated Dec 6, 06:45 GMT

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Pablo Piovano

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Born and bred in Argentina, Pablo has been carrying on with his passion for FX markets and trading since his first college years.

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