To English (keeping HTML format, no code block, no line breaks): Eventually dollar appreciation? USD/JPY seems to rebound around 153.9~
Good morning
This is the morning meeting on 12/17
USD/JPY 15-minute chart
In December, the US Manufacturing PMI fell to 48.3. Services PMI rose to 58.5
In response, the USD/JPY also rose; it is currently near a rebound after breaking through the 0.382 Fibonacci retracement line from a major rally
around the mid-point retracement
For a while, I think it will trade in a range between the blue line and the orange line, but
which will break first remains to be seen
Viewed on a 5-minute chart
Long-term GMMA is pointing up
We will see if it can break below 154.0
Looking at the hourly chart from a distance
Even if it falls, a rebound around 153.96 could be seen
Looking at the pivot line
There is a wall around 153.97
Tonight's US retail sales will be watched, but
as it has been rising, it could serve as a trigger for position adjustments before the FOMC
Even if the result is strong, initially there may be selling?
I am imagining such a scenario
Ultimately, I am secretly expecting dollar strength
Almost daily“No rate hike from the Bank of Japan”
is the expectation in reports, and long yen position holders
are being forced to cut losses by overseas hedge fund players
making USD/JPY firmer
At the FOMC, a 0.25% rate cut is viewed as certain, but
there is talk of signaling a slow pace of rate cuts
from Chair Powell
I also anticipate a hawkish Powell
More attention is on the dot plot than the rate cut; compared to September it appears to shift higher
If the dot plot shifts higher, USD/JPY will
have a harder time falling
USD/JPY may fall for a moment but then drift higher again
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