USD/JPY faces strong resistance

Source: Dukascopy Bank SA

Positions Today Yesterday % Change
Longs 54% 52% 3.70%
Shorts 46% 48% -4.35%
Indicator 4H 1D 1W
MACD (12; 26; 9) Sell Sell Buy
RSI (14) Neutral Neutral Neutral
Stochastic (5; 3; 3) Buy Sell Buy
Alligator (13; 8; 5) Neutral Sell Neutral
SAR (0.02; 0.2) Buy Sell Buy
Aggregate

The US Dollar held strong against the Yen on Wednesday, thus ending the previous session with an 85-pip gain. 

The pair was stranded between the 55– and 100-hour SMAs for most of the day. However, a strong hourly surge later in the evening allowed to dash through the latter and test a resistance cluster formed by the monthly S1 and the 200-hour SMA near 111.50.

It is likely that bulls are reluctant to push past this area during the following session. Meanwhile, the southern side is guarded by the shorter-term moving averages circa 110.85 that are expected to hold firm, at least during the first part of the day. 

Thus, the Greenback might enter a brief period of consolidation which could be disrupted by US fundamentals released mid-session. In case of a strong fall, the daily low should be 110.30.

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