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USD/JPY Price Analysis: Fades pullback from 17-day-old support line above 105.00

  • USD/JPY eases from intraday high of 105.29, bounced off an ascending trend line from September 22 the previous day.
  • Bearish MACD favor sellers but multiple supports below 105.00 signal bumpy road ahead.
  • One-week-long resistance line and 200-bar SMA restrict immediate upside.

USD/JPY drops to 105.20 during the early Thursday’s pullback from intraday high near 105.30. Even so, the pair prints 0.05% gains on a day while also keeping its U-turn from the short-term support line, portrayed the previous day.

With the MACD flashing bearish signals, sellers are watching over the three-week-old support line, near 105.00, for fresh entries.

The monthly low near 104.95 and a horizontal line including multiple levels since September 16 at 104.90 are extra filters to the USD/JPY south-run.

If at all the bears manage to conquer 104.90, the 104.40 and the previous month’s low near 104.00 will return to the charts.

On the upside, a descending trend line from October 09, at 105.42, will precede the 200-bar SMA level of 105.60 to restrict the pair’s short-term advances.

Also likely to challenge the USD/JPY bulls is the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level of the August-September downside as well as the monthly high, respectively around 105.80 and 106.10.

USD/JPY four-hour chart

Trend: Bearish

 

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