GBP/JPY succeeded in touching the first target required to be achieved during the previous trading session at 159.50, recording its lowest level at 159.44, which forced it to rebound upwards as a result of hitting the mentioned support. Technically, we find the 50-day simple moving average pressuring the price from …
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Read More »GBP/JPY: touches the bearish target 2/8/2022
The British pound fell against its Japanese rival significantly, at the beginning of this week’s trading, within the expected negative outlook during the previous analysis, touching the first awaited target at the price of 160.40, recording its lowest level at 160.03. Technically, the bearish trend is still dominating the pair’s …
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A significant split seems to be forming between a growing number of bearish yen watchers in Tokyo and their more positive foreign counterparts.Those in Japan suggest there’s still plenty of time to pile on shorts after the Yen’s falling to a 24-year low. According to analysts from Sydney to Geneva …
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Read More »GBP/JPY: trying to recover temporarily 6/7/2022
A bearish trend dominated the movements of gbp/jpy during the previous trading session, recording its lowest level around 161.60. Technically, we tend to the negative, relying on the pair’s pivot below the 162.80 level, with the pair continuing to get negative pressure from the 50-day simple moving average. Therefore, the …
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