The most active trading sessions for the USD/JPY take place in Tokyo, London and New York. Day traders look mostly to the London and New York sessions but those trading wishing to trade on the Asian markets can do so between 2400 GMT - 0900 GMT.
USD/JPY has traditionally been the most politically sensitive currency pair, with successive U.S. governments using the exchange rate as a lever in trade negotiations with Japan. For day-to-day trading, the most significant feature of USD/JPY is the heavy influence exerted by Japanese institutional investors and asset managers.
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The USD/JPY pair has been in a nice uptrend for quite some time now. We did have quite a bit of volatility during the month of August, and as you can see the last weekly candle for the month of August featured a massive selloff down to the 116 level.
The USD/JPY pair has been very positive over the last several months, and as a result I am still bullish of this market. However, June has seen a little bit of a stumble near the 125 handle. That makes sense though, as it is a large, round, psychologically significant number.
The USD/JPY pair broke out of a significant ascending triangle during the course of the last couple of weeks, so I think that the next leg higher is on tap.
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The USD/JPY pair had a massive move higher during the course of the back half of 2014, probably more so than acceptable.
The USD/JPY pair has been astronomically parabolic recently, as the US dollar has just screamed higher in value.
The USD/JPY pair has had a couple of the strong week see recently, after bouncing off of the important 105 level.
The USD/JPY pair looks as if it’s finally broken out significantly over the course of the last several weeks. However, the market breaking above the 105 level of course is a very positive sign but there’s still the matter of the 110 level.
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The US/JPY pair continued to hang about in the consolidation area that we have been in for some time during the month of June. Quite frankly, I don’t really see much changing at this point in time.
Check out the USD/JPY monthly forecast for June 2014 here.
The USD/JPY pair fell during the course of the month of April, but only slightly so. Quite frankly, we have been grinding sideways for about two months now, and we are approaching an uptrend line. The question is now whether or not that trend line holds.
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This pair has been established in a strong long-term uptrend since the summer of 2012, and has been rising strongly in its recent leg to reach long-term new highs, but it is beginning to show signs of weakening or at least slowing.
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