USDJPY Technical Analysis The JPY weakens on known news

December 12, 2024 at 08:26AM
Fundamental
Overview

The US
CPI report yesterday came in line with expectations and sealed the 25 bps
cut next week with the probabilities standing around 97%. Overall, the market’s
pricing remained largely unchanged around three rate cuts by the end of 2025.

This contributed to some US
Dollar weakness although we are still consolidating around the highs. The
market will likely need stronger evidence of inflation re-accelerating to price
out the remaining rate cuts. For now, we reached the peak in the repricing.

On the JPY side, the market
increased the probabilities for no change at this month’s BoJ decision
following a report
from Bloomberg yesterday saying that the central bank sees little cost of
waiting for the next rate hike.

This is not something new
as the market was already leaning for no change, but the JPY weakened across
the board, nonetheless. The focus should be on the US Treasury yields. If today’s
US PPI comes in soft, then we can expect some JPY strength.

USDJPY
Technical Analysis – Daily Timeframe

On the daily chart, we can
see that USDJPY broke above the key 151.90 level yesterday following the
Bloomberg’s report on the BoJ. The buyers piled in on the breakout and will now
target a rally into the 160.00 handle. The sellers, on the other hand, will
want to see the price falling back below the 151.90 level to position for a
drop back into the lows.

USDJPY Technical Analysis – 4 hour Timeframe

On the 4 hour chart, we can
see that the price broke through a strong resistance
zone as we had also the downward trendline for confluence.
There’s not much else we can add here as the buyers will likely pile in around
these levels to target new highs, while the sellers will look for a fall back
below the trendline to target a drop into the lows.

USDJPY Technical
Analysis – 1 hour Timeframe

On the 1 hour chart, we can
see that we have a minor upward trendline defining the current bullish momentum.
If we get a pullback into it, we can expect the buyers to lean on the trendline
to position for new highs with a better risk to reward setup. The sellers, on
the other hand, will look for a break lower to target new lows. The red lines
define the average daily range for today.

Upcoming
Catalysts

Today, we get the latest US Jobless Claims figures and the US PPI. Tomorrow,
we conclude the week with the BoJ’s Tankan Index.

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This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at www.forexlive.com.