USD/JPY Technical Analysis: Greenback at daily highs against Japanese Yen

Flavio Tosti Independent Analyst

USD/JPY daily chart

USD/JPY is trading below its 100 and 200-day simple moving averages (SMAs) suggesting bearish momentum.

USD/JPY 4-hour chart

USD/JPY is trading below its main SMAs suggesting a bearish bias in the medium-term.

USD/JPY 30-minute chart

USD/JPY is trading above its main SMAs suggesting bullish momentum in the short-term.
The current bull strength can lead to a move up to 111.00 resistance.
To the downside, support is at 110.40 and 110.85 level.

Additional key levels

USD/JPY

Overview
Today last price	110.55
Today Daily Change	0.59
Today Daily Change %	0.54
Today daily open	109.96

Trends
Daily SMA20	111.21
Daily SMA50	110.43
Daily SMA100	111.16
Daily SMA200	111.45

Levels
Previous Daily High	110.24
Previous Daily Low	109.71
Previous Weekly High	111.7
Previous Weekly Low	109.74
Previous Monthly High	111.5
Previous Monthly Low	108.73
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	110.04
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	109.91
Daily Pivot Point S1	109.7
Daily Pivot Point S2	109.43
Daily Pivot Point S3	109.16
Daily Pivot Point R1	110.24
Daily Pivot Point R2	110.51
Daily Pivot Point R3	110.78

Author

Flavio Tosti

Independent Analyst

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