The bearish Gartley pattern formed in July is now being accompanied by a bearish AB=CD pattern. I have posted an analysis earlier based only the bearish Gartley pattern, but seeing that a bearish AB=CD pattern has formed it reinforced my earlier analysis.
At the moment price is running the risk of forming a double top above - in fact it already has considering last Friday's high reached the close level from July at 112.871 - though I say 'risk of forming' in that if price closes above 113.176 it would negate a double top.
This past weeks bullish rally could be, and in all likelihood was, a response to this coming Wednesday's FOMC interest rate decision. It is of course best in regard to that news to stay out of this market, at least if considering a long term buy/ sell and hold trade.
The key levels to look out for the end of this coming week are the 111.700 intermediate support and the 113.176 resistance level. A close below 111.700 would signal a likely retest of the 109.774 level, and a break below there would target the 108.128 level and eventually perhaps even complete the bearish Gartley pattern, thus, reaching the 104.629 levels.
At this stage in time it is difficult to predict which way price will go for certain, though despite the vast interest rate differential between the USD and JPY some analysts have predicted price as low 104.000 by the end of this year since all the rate hikes have already been priced in and other nations, too, are preparing to eventually start tapering their low or zero percent interest rates. I will post a second USD/JPY analysis after this one highlighting the case for a bullish trend break out and continuation.
Trade setup bearish 1 (RvR ratio 2.06) Entry: Close below 111.900 S/L: 112.930 T/P 1: 109.774
Trade setup bearish 2 (RvR ratio 4.25) Entry: Close below 109.535 S/L: 110.690 T/P 2: 108.128 T/P 3: 104.629
As always, scale out your profits and adjust your stop/ loss to suit your personal risk management profile.
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