USD/JPY Technical Analysis: Softening up at 113.50

USD/JPY intraday action has returned to the 200-period moving average near 113.50, implying that the US Dollar has run out of steam, leaving the pair to slide back from Monday's intraday highs of 113.83.

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USD/JPY, 15-Minute

Hourly candles have the pair returning to the key 200-hour moving average near 113.30, but USD/JPY remains in a bullish stance with higher lows priced in from mid-November's bottom of 112.30.

USD/JPY, 1-Hour

Looking further out, the pair sees a constraining pattern from 114.00 to 112.30, and the challenge for Dollar bidders will be to push the pair into a fresh challenge of 114.50.

USD/JPY, 4-Hour

USD/JPY

Overview:
    Today Last Price: 113.54
    Today Daily change: 3.0 pips
    Today Daily change %: 0.0264%
    Today Daily Open: 113.51
Trends:
    Previous Daily SMA20: 113.38
    Previous Daily SMA50: 113.07
    Previous Daily SMA100: 112.23
    Previous Daily SMA200: 110.43
Levels:
    Previous Daily High: 113.73
    Previous Daily Low: 113.34
    Previous Weekly High: 114.04
    Previous Weekly Low: 112.88
    Previous Monthly High: 114.25
    Previous Monthly Low: 112.3
    Previous Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 113.58
    Previous Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 113.49
    Previous Daily Pivot Point S1: 113.32
    Previous Daily Pivot Point S2: 113.14
    Previous Daily Pivot Point S3: 112.94
    Previous Daily Pivot Point R1: 113.71
    Previous Daily Pivot Point R2: 113.91
    Previous Daily Pivot Point R3: 114.09

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Joshua Gibson

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Joshua joins the FXStreet team as an Economics and Finance double major from Vancouver Island University with twelve years' experience as an independent trader focusing on technical analysis.

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