AS SEEN ON PREVIOUS MARKET ACTIVITY, PRICE HAS CONSOLIDATED A IN BEARISH FORMATION.
MY IDEA IS THAT PRICE CONTINUE TO CONSOLIDATE IN THIS STRUCTURE AND WILL FALL FROM THE 102.800 PRICE LEVEL OR ON HITTING THE 103.800 LEVEL.
EITHER WAY, THERE ARE A GOOD 150 PIPS PROFIT WAITING TO BE TAKE ON THE USDJPY.
USD/JPY opened higher than the Friday close to a small retracement in it's initial hour and price is now trying to push high (hourly view) with a wick formed above today's open on the next candle.
Markets could be primed for the Bank of Japan Chief Kuroda who is due to speak in the early hours of Monday and as per recent speeches he will likely be seeking to...
Trading for this week:
1. My plan for next week focuses on point "3." from the previous post - I am waiting for risk-on or risk-off assets to confirm investor conviction by using USDJPY as a barometer for net risk sentiment. Despite the market uncertainty and high volatility UJ last week traded within a 200pip range for the between 101.3-103.3. Therefore, I...
Expectations vs Reality:
1. Following the referendum decision on Friday, as expected GBP sold off 10%+, the FTSE plummeted in a similar fashion and global risk assets sold off across the board, but FTSE/ Risk recovered a significant amount of those losses into Fridays close and for the rest of the next week.. So what happened to BREXIT?
- Such behaviour would...
We had the best possible outcome for FOMC's Rate decision and Fed Yellens speech which was neutral IMO as expected, with the Economic Projections being dovish, downgrading the projected rate hike cycle. We now look to BOJ.
Trading strategy:
LONG USDJPY (possibly short also GBPJPY for longer term investors or investors that want to hedge against a hawkish...
