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USD/JPY Failure at 104.20 in Focus as BoJ Mulls Fate of JGB Purchases
21 October 2016, 21:44
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USD/JPY Failure at 104.20 in Focus as BoJ Mulls Fate of JGB Purchases
Talking Points:
- USD/JPY Continues to Pullback From 104.20 Hurdle as BoJ Mulls Future of JGB Purchases.
- USD/CAD Pushes to Fresh Monthly High as Dismal Canada Data Fuels Bets for BoC Rate-Cut.
Currency | Last | High | Low | Daily Change (pip) | Daily Range (pip) |
USD/JPY | 103.93 | 104.2 | 103.52 | 2 | 68 |
USD/JPY Daily
Currency | Last | High | Low | Daily Change (pip) | Daily Range (pip) |
USD/CAD | 1.3332 | 1.3351 | 1.3226 | 102 | 125 |
- USD/JPY appears to be moving back towards the bottom of its recent range as the exchange rate continues to pullback from the104.20 (61.8% retracement)hurdle, with the pair at risk for further losses as it fails to preserve the upward trend carried over from the previous month.
- It seems as though the Bank of Japan (BoJ) will preserve its current policy at the November 1 interest-rate decision as the central bank continues to assess the impact of the negative-interest rate policy (NIRP), but the quantitative and qualitative easing with ‘yield curve control’ program may eventually lead to smaller purchase down the road as GovernorHaruhiko Kurodawarns ‘there may be some modification to our forecast that inflation will hit our 2 percent target during fiscal 2017,’ while former central bank officialSayuri Shiraiargues that the new framework is in fact ‘implicit tapering.’
- Failed attempts to test the monthly high (104.64) may spark a move back towards the bottom of the near-term range around 102.70 (38.2% retracement), with the next downside region of interest coming in around 100.70 (50% retracement) to 101.20 (50% expansion).
USD/CAD Daily
- USD/CAD climbs to a fresh monthly high of 1.3351, with the pair at risk of a further advance as the slew of dismal data prints coming out of Canada fuel bets for additional monetary support; may see the Bank of Canada (BoC) continue to ‘actively’ discuss more stimulus for the real economy especially as the central bank now forecasts the economy to reach full-capacity ‘materially later than the Bank had anticipated in July.’
- With BoC Governor Stephen Poloz scheduled to appear in front of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance next week, the fresh rhetoric may further dampen the appeal of the Canadian dollar should the central bank head show a greater willingness to reestablish the easing cycle over the coming months.
- Closing price above the Fibonacci overlap around 1.3300 (50% retracement) to 1.3310 (38.2% retracement) pushes the focus to the next topside region of interest around 1.3460 (61.8% retracement), followed by 1.3630 (38.2% retracement) to 1.3670 (78.6% expansion).
- The DailyFX Speculative Sentiment Index (SSI) shows the retail crowd remains net-long USD/JPY since July 21, with the ratio hitting a 2016 extreme of +6.03 in September, while traders flipped net-short USD/CAD ahead of the slew of Canadian data prints, with the crowd now stuck on the wrong side.
- USD/JPY SSI currently sits at +1.48 as 60% of traders are long, with long positions 5.0% higher from the previous week even as open interest stands 11.2% below the monthly average.
- USD/CAD SSI currently sits at -2.12 as 32% of traders are long, with short positions 50.2% higher from the previous week, while open interest stands a marginal 0.2% below the monthly average..
- May see USD/CAD SSI push further into negative territory as the retail crowd continues to fight the appreciation in the exchange rate and appear to be looking for range-bound conditions.