| Positions | Today | Yesterday | % Change | |
| Longs | 30% | 35% | -16.67% | |
| Shorts | 70% | 65% | 7.14% | |
| Indicator | 4H | 1D | 1W | |
| MACD (12; 26; 9) | Sell | Buy | Buy | |
| RSI (14) | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | |
| Stochastic (5; 3; 3) | Neutral | Sell | Sell | |
| Alligator (13; 8; 5) | Sell | Buy | Buy | |
| SAR (0.02; 0.2) | Sell | Sell | Buy | |
| Aggregate | ⇘ | ⇒ | ⇗ | |
The Friday's trading session for the USD/JPY currency pair started rather calmly, as it remained in the 113.50/20 range. However, bears started to pressure the pair even before US CPI and Retail Sales at 1230GMT in anticipation of weak data. These disappointing expectations realised, setting the US Dollar for a 55-pip fall in one minute. The American currency did manage to recover some losses; however, failed to overcome the 112.70 mark. It is expected that bulls may succeed at pushing the rate slightly higher in this session. Taking into account that it has formed a channel down, gains may be capped near the 112.70/80 mark or, if this level is surpassed, then at the 55-hour SMA circa 113.10. In general, the market is likely to be rather calm today, thus resulting in a lack of volatility for the pair.