USD/JPY drops after touching 150.00 mark

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Source: Dukascopy Bank SA
The USD/JPY reached the 150.00 mark at mid-day on Tuesday. The 150.00 level is where the markets expected the Bank of Japan to intervene and beat the rate down. As soon as the rate pierced the 150.00 mark a massive sell off started. It is unclear whether it was caused by market participants or the Japanese Central Bank.

Economic Calendar



On Wednesday, watch out for the ADP Non-Farm Employment Change at 12:15 GMT and the US ISM Services PMI at 14:00 GMT.

On Thursday, minor action is expected from the US Unemployment Claims.

On Friday, the top event of the week will take place. The United States will publish the monthly employment data at 12:30 GMT. The release will consist of the Average Hourly Earnings, Non-farm Employment Change and the Unemployment Rate.

Hourly Chart
The drop ignored all technical levels. In general, it is suggested to watch for official comments on the sudden currency move.

USD/JPY daily chart's review

On the daily candle chart, the rate passed below the lower trend line of the channel up pattern which captures the recent month surge. However, it appears that the 1998 high level has acted as support.

Daily chart



Traders are mostly shorting

On Tuesday, traders were bearish on USD/JPY, as 74% of open positions on the Swiss Foreign Exchange were short.

In the meantime, trader pending orders in the 100-point range around the current exchange rate were 59% to buy.

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