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USD/JPY: Could USD/JPY Mirror EUR/USD In 2017? What’s The Trade? – BNPP

USD/JPY bounced off the 15-month lows it reached but still looks vulnerable. What’s next for the pair?

Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews:

BNP Paribas Research discusses USD/JPY outlook, and notes that  its recent decline looks likely to mirror EUR/USD upward price action in 2017 in terms of  the correlations’ breakdown with yields spreads, which points to the possibility of further USD/JPY weakness over the coming months.

The breakdown in these correlations has raised the possibility that USDJPY could be on the verge of a structural break towards long-term equilibrium fair value, similar to the path of EURUSD over the past year

We think eurozone investors, seeking to reduce exposure to USD accumulated during the peak ECB quantitative easing (QE) years, played an important role in EURUSD’s rise,” BNPP argues.

“We expect the move lower in USDJPY to be quite gradual. Still, if our view becomes increasingly consensus,  we may see more periods of intensified hedging activity, which could see USDJPY decline towards 100 more quickly,” BNPP adds.

To express this possibility,  BNPP likes to remain positioned for CHF/JPY downside via an options structure throughout 2018  (expiry 23-Jan-19).

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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.