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USD/JPY Technical Analysis: Bulls defend 50-hour SMA/ascending trend-line confluence support

   “¢   Having failed to sustain the overnight up-move beyond the 109.00 handle, the pair met with some fresh supply on Thursday and snapped two consecutive days of winning streak.

   “¢   The intraday slide has now dragged the pair to confluence support – comprising of 50-hour SMA and a short-term ascending trend-line held since the beginning of this week.

   “¢   Technical indicators on hourly charts have already started losing positive momentum and maintained their bearish stance on the daily chart, suggesting some fresh weakness.  

   “¢   A convincing breakthrough the mentioned support will reinforce the bearish outlook and expose the pair to head back towards testing intermediate support near mid-108.00s.

USD/JPY 1-hourly chart

USD/JPY

Overview:
       Today Last Price:  108.84
       Today Daily change:  -18  pips
       Today Daily change %:  -0.174%
       Today Daily Open:  109.03
Trends:
       Daily SMA20:  109.43
       Daily SMA50:  111.71
       Daily SMA100:  112.09
       Daily SMA200:  111.17
Levels:
       Previous Daily High:  109.2
       Previous Daily Low:  108.37
       Previous Weekly High:  109.09
       Previous Weekly Low:  107.77
       Previous Monthly High:  113.83
       Previous Monthly Low:  109.55
       Daily Fibonacci 38.2%:  108.88
       Daily Fibonacci 61.8%:  108.69
       Daily Pivot Point S1:  108.53
       Daily Pivot Point S2:  108.04
       Daily Pivot Point S3:  107.71
       Daily Pivot Point R1:  109.36
       Daily Pivot Point R2:  109.69
       Daily Pivot Point R3:  110.19

 

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