USDJPY: Sellers Need to Hold 113.00

by Justin Bennett  · 

November 21, 2018

by Justin Bennett  · 

November 21, 2018

by Justin Bennett  · 

November 21, 2018


USDJPY has broken below trend line support that extends from the year-to-date low.

But this isn’t the first time.

You may recall the October 26th breakdown. We had waited several weeks for that close. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a false break.

Will this time be different or more of the same?

That’s the question that needs answering.

If this trend line is still significant, we should see USDJPY encounter selling pressure below 113.00.

I’m not concerned about intraday moves, but the daily time frame needs to hold below that 113.00 area.

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The recent price action does appear to hint at weakness. I mentioned the way buyers were struggling to extend rallies in October.

That alone suggested USDJPY bulls were tiring.

Now we have what appears to be a lower high. The early October rally managed a 114.50 print, but this latest push higher topped out at 114.20.

The fact that buyers were unable to retest the year-to-date high could be significant.

As I discussed above though, the real test will take place at 113.00. That’s the area sellers need to hold in order to extend last week’s selloff.

Speaking of last week’s selloff…

While it didn’t occur at a major swing high, last week’s candle was a bearish engulfing one.

Combine that with the lower high, and things start to look rather bleak for buyers.

I wouldn’t call this a quality selling opportunity though. At least not yet.

The price action since mid-October is too messy for my liking, particularly the false break on the 26th.

Not to mention the fact that the market is still trending higher, so any shorts up here are counter-trend.

That said, things are starting to look more bearish than bullish. And a bearish pin bar today would only add conviction to that statement.

That’s especially true when you factor in the recent lower high which also carved a weekly bearish engulfing pattern.

Resistance is 113.00 at the time of this writing. Sellers need to hold that area on a daily closing basis if they intend to follow through on the recent weakness.

If they can’t and USDJPY closes back above this trend line, I will most likely remove the level from my chart.

Targets for a move lower include 111.70 followed by 110.80.

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  1. Hi Justin, just my humble opinion, and please correct me if I am wrong…but wouldn’t it make sense to draw the trendline over the low of May 29th as well which makes the line less steep? Thanks for your feedback as usual.

    1. I saw that too, in fact, that’s how I drew it before I even encounter this post! I think it fits better that way. Could this be why the false break of 26th? I mean maybe it was not even a break if we follow this way of drawing the support line…Please Justin comment with your experienced view, nothing beats experience! Thanks.

  2. Hello Justin. I just want to ask a question. Why is your trendline not touching the low formed on the 2nd of November? I’d be delighted if you could explain this to me briefly. Thanks

  3. Hi Justin. I used to draw my trending and support/resistance lines using Line Chart instead Candle chart to maintain the consistencies…what say you?

  4. Hey Justin, I love your analysis although you have not marked out key resistance at 114 and i would still be very bearish even if price action surpasses 113. What do you think?

  5. JPY could not break the 114 line form March 2017, it has come to a big res, already we have a pin bar and engulfing at the tops. Just my 2c

  6. Thanks Justin, three lower highs since Oct 3rd; multipile testing on up trend line since Oct 3rd comparing to days before on the up trend line, therefore I feel we are very close to a downward movement. If indeed it go down, how low would you see? Thanks again.

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