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India-Pakistan escalation opens door for further USD/JPY falls

USD/JPY is dropping on a risk-off sentiment related to the reported downing of two Indian planes by Pakistan in what serves as another escalation of the conflict related to the disputed Kashmir region. What’s next for the pair?

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that dollar/yen faces fierce resistance at  110.66  which is the convergence of the Fibonacci 61/8% one-week, the Bollinger Band 15min-Upper, the BB 1h-Middle, and the Simple Moving Average 5-4h.

The way up is a minefield of resistance lines culminating in  111.01  which is where last week’s high converges with the Pivot Point one-day Resistance 1, the PP 1m-R1, and the BB 4h-Upper.

On the downside, USD/JPY has only weak support at  110.05  where we note the confluence of last month’s high with the Pivot Point one-day S2.

Even weaker support awaits at  109.63  where we find the Pivot Point one-week Support 3.

All in all, the path of least resistance is to the downside.

Here is how it looks on the tool:

Dollar yen February 27 2019 technical confluence

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Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts.