USD/JPY respects round levels

Source: Dukascopy Bank SA
This week, the USD/JPY currency pair has been finding support in the combination of the previous November low level and the 137.50 level. In the meantime, it has been spotted that the pair is encountering resistance in the 130.00 mark.

During the first half of Tuesday's trading, the pair was heading to the support levels.

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Starting with Tuesday, the scheduled fundamental events will start to impact the financial markets. At 15:00 GMT, the CB Consumer Confidence could impact the US Dollar's value.

On Wednesday, various US events are expected to cause market moves. At 13:15 GMT, the US ADP Non-Farm Employment Change might cause a minor USD move.

Afterwards, at 13:30 GMT, the US Preliminary Quarterly GDP is set to reveal whether the United States remain in a recession.

The day will end with a speech of the US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the Brooking Institution in Washington at 18:30 GMT.

On Thursday, note the Core PCE Price Index release at 13:30 GMT. The US monetary policymakers watch this index as a measure of inflation, not the Consumer Price Index.

Afterwards, the US ISM Manufacturing PMI could impact the US Dollar's value at 15:00 GMT.

The week is set to end with the release of the United States employment data at 13:30 GMT. The data release consists of the US Average Hourly Earnings changes, Non-Farm Employment Change and Unemployment Rate.

Hourly Chart
If the 137.50 level holds, another retracement to the 139.00 level might occur. However, take into account that the 50 and 100-hour simple moving averages could act as resistance. Higher above, take into account the 139.50 level and the weekly simple pivot point at 139.79 together with the 200-hour SMA.

On the other hand, a decline below 137.50 might look for support in the weekly S1 simple pivot point at 137.33. Afterwards, the 137.00 might act as support.

USD/JPY daily chart's review

On the daily candle chart, the pair has returned and shortly reached above the 100-day simple moving average, which is located near 142.00. Higher above, note the 50-day SMA near 145.00. Meanwhile, most close by support on this chart is being provided by the 200-day SMA near 137.00.

Most recently, despite being pierced, the 100-day SMA acted as resistance and caused the recent decline. Due to that reason, it could be assumed that the 200-day SMA will act as support.

Daily chart




Traders are shorting

On Tuesday, on the Swiss Foreign Exchange, traders were 59% short, as that amount of open position volume was in short positions.

Meanwhile, trader set up pending orders in the 100-pip range around the rate were 51% to sell the USD against the JPY.

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