USD/JPY (daily chart) has extended its week of significant gains,
establishing a new 7-month high in the process. During this substantial
upside run, price has broken out above several important resistance
levels, including the key 80.50 level, which the pair had previously
been unable to breach for the prior 6 months. USD/JPY has just risen to
break out tentatively above 82.00 and, bearish retracements
notwithstanding, has a potential upside bias towards a re-test of the
important 84.00 level, last hit in mid-March. For the past two months,
price has been forming a bullish trend line extending back to the
September low around 77.00. The current bullish breakout run can be seen
as an acceleration of that short-term uptrend. To the downside, the
strong previous resistance level at 80.50 could potentially serve as new
support for any near-term bearish corrections.
James Chen, CMT
Chief Technical Strategist
FX Solutions
Chief Technical Strategist
FX Solutions
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