GBP/JPY starts its first weekly trading with a solid bearish tendency after it failed to maintain trading above 162.10, recording its lowest level during the early trading of the current session at 161.27. Technically, the daily trend is still bearish due to stability below the previously broken support-into-resistance, which is …
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The Japanese yen rose on Friday, set for its biggest weekly gain in four months against the dollar on bets that US interest rates are nearing a peak after data on Thursday showed that the world’s largest economy unexpectedly contracted in the second quarter. Futures markets expect US interest rates …
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Volatility erupted in the forex market after the US officially entered a technical recession in the second quarter of 2022 and Europe’s energy crisis keeps inflation sticky high. This development followed the Fed’s second consecutive 75-basis-point interest rate hike, for the first time since early 1980s.Today, currency flows shifted to …
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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 …
Read More »GBP/JPY: declining sharply 1/7/2022
Negative trading dominated the movements of the pound sterling against the Japanese yen within a strong bearish track, which recorded its lowest level during the early morning trading session at 163.35. On the technical side, the pair’s current moves are witnessing stability around the lowest level of 163.35, with pressure …
Read More »GBP/JPY: trying to recover 30/6/2022
GBP/JPY was able to approach by a few points from the target published during the last analysis at 165.30, recording its lowest level at 165.40. On the technical side, we tend to be positive but cautiously, relying on the clear positivity features on stochastic, in addition to the intraday pivot …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Settled below resistance 28/6/2022
GBP/JPY fell significantly after it failed to maintain trading above the 167.00 level, targeting 165.13. On the technical side, today, the apparent negative features on the RSI and its stability below the mid-line 50, a technical factor that supports the decline, and this comes in conjunction with the pair’s stability …
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