At the moment the 20-hour SMA acts as a support zone that prevents the currency couple from falling to its daily pivot at 99.18 that, if overcome, will send the pair to the pattern's support at 99.68. At the same time, given that a channel up is a bullish pattern, USD/JPY has a potential to bounce off its 20-hour SMA and move towards the pattern's resistance sitting at an one-month high of 99.68.