USDJPY Reaches Key Inflection Point at 111.00

by Justin Bennett  · 

July 27, 2018

by Justin Bennett  · 

July 27, 2018

by Justin Bennett  · 

July 27, 2018


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USDJPY bulls are on the brink of full retreat. Following the break above descending channel resistance on June 29th, buyers managed to take prices 250 pips higher.

However, something snapped last week. The daily close back below the 112.00 handle on the 20th was a red flag for anyone with a bullish outlook.

If you look at the price action last December and early January, you’ll see why. The 112.00 area held as support on several occasions for about four weeks. In fact, the 112.00 region played a significant role throughout 2017.

We can even see how the USDJPY bounced from this level last Thursday. Apparently market participants weren’t ignoring the 112.00 handle, at least not entirely.

Fast forward to today and the risk-sensitive pair is being propped up by a single trend line. The level that extends from the year to date low in March is all that stands between today’s price and the 110.20 support area.

As long as the pair remains above this trend line on a daily closing basis (New York 5 pm EST), USDJPY bulls have a fighting chance.

If on the other hand, the pair falls below this trend line on a daily closing basis, it would suggest an imminent move lower toward 110.20. A break below that would expose former descending channel resistance near 109.40.

I’ll be the first to say that the USDJPY is relatively crowded in terms of key levels. The close proximity of support and resistance makes it difficult to secure a favorable risk to reward ratio, regardless of your bias.

Still, as I’ve stated before, a trend is a trend until it isn’t. In the case of the USDJPY, the short-term uptrend rests upon trend line support at 111.00. As long as the level holds, the potential for a move higher must be respected. If it fails, look to 110.20 and perhaps 109.40.

Given the indecisive price action over the last few days, I’m not interested in buying or selling the USDJPY at this time. I’d rather focus my attention elsewhere such as the Canadian dollar pairs I discussed this week.

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USDJPY trend line on daily time frame


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  1. when I saw the divergence on the 4 hr chart between price and 14 period rsi I thought there would be some movement up. It was very lame as of now. I don’t find the RSI too useful for anything but divergence. It has a good record in that area for sure.

  2. Thanks Mr Justin I would like to know about the broker you use and how do you comment on blueberry markets we I read a little about them but I didn’t understand the accounts type they offer Raw ECN and ECN how they differ

  3. Hi Justin. Very great site and much useful info. Now i can trade more safe and not blow up my account. Keep up the good work.
    I just want to ask you about the usd/jpy, if it close below 111.00 after New york closed on monday. Do you think it is time to sell? Or we need more confirmation? Thanks a lot Justin 🙂

    1. It depends on how things unfold. I’m not all that interested in the pair, so I probably won’t do anything here.

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