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"The extent of the dollar-yen rally is quite striking. It's reasonable to think that there would be some impact on BOJ policy from a change of leadership. If Abe wins a comfortable mandate, he will certainly be keen to appoint somebody who is willing to take more aggressive steps"
- Westpac Banking Corp. (based on Bloomberg)Pair's OutlookUSD/JPY pair skyrockets for a fourth trading session and is already in proximity of a nine-month high at 84.18. Reasons of such rapid appreciation are quite vague, signifying presence of speculative actions in this currency pair. On a related note, the RSI has a value of 74 and is already in an overbought zone.
Traders' SentimentSWFX market participants enjoy the surge of USD/JPY, as the majority of traders have opened long positions: 79% are long and only 21% are short. Pending orders situation also supports a bullish trend, as 89% of orders are for a buy position and 11% for a sell.
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