USDJPY: Watch This Area for a Reversal

Written by Justin Bennett

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Last Updated January 23, 2023

Forex trader since 2002

Written by Justin Bennett 

Forex trader since 2002

100k monthly readers

Updated January 23, 2023


USDJPY is surging early this week and testing 130.60 resistance for the third time.

That’s the confluence of resistance I mentioned in Saturday’s forecast video.

It’s also the area USDJPY bulls need to break to expose higher levels like 134.50 and potentially 138.10.

Remember that it will take a daily close using a New York close chart above 130.60 to secure the breakout.

However, as mentioned in the weekly forecast, the 125.00 area is incredibly significant for USDJPY.

It’s the mid-2015 high and the weekly trend line from the 2021 low.

USDJPY weekly 1.23.23
USDJPY weekly time frame

That’s the ideal place for a USDJPY bullish reversal.

Of course, that doesn’t mean we’ll get it, especially if bulls can clear 130.60 this week.

If that happens, a retest of 125.00 becomes less likely.

But if you’re looking for the best risk-to-reward ratio, it wouldn’t get much better than a retest of 125.00 followed by bullish price action.

For now, USDJPY is a waiting game.

USDJPY daily 1.23.23
USDJPY daily time frame

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Justin Bennett is a full-time trader and educator who teaches Smart Money Concepts and clean price action without the noise.

He focuses on market structure, liquidity, imbalances, and high-time-frame context to help traders understand what price is actually doing and why.

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