USD/JPY Forecast – US Dollar Continues to See Support

US Dollar vs Japanese Yen Technical Analysis

The US dollar has stabilized a bit against the Japanese yen during the early hours on Monday, which of course is something that was somewhat needed and quite frankly, I don’t think it’s that surprising. The ¥158 level is an area that’s been important multiple times, as it was a previous resistance, and now it features the 50 day EMA. At this point, I believe that we probably start to question whether or not we can bounce from here. And if we do, then I think it’s very likely we will go looking to the ¥160 level. Keep in mind the Bank of Japan has intervened yet again, but interventions are just simply an invitation for value hunters to come back into the market.

The question is whether or not people believe that the Federal Reserve is going to start cutting rates quick enough to make the interest rate differential sort itself out in favor of Japan, or at least not so bad. Right now, you can drive a truck through the interest rates of these two economies, and that is a major driver of what’s going on, so I remain bullish.

I’m just looking for some type of bounce and momentum that I can take advantage of, which will be a repudiation of the recent selling, but more importantly, a continuation of the longer term trend that has been such a major driver here. If we do break down from here, then the ¥155 level is your next major flaw in this pair.

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