The US dollar has rallied significantly during the trading day on Thursday this week, reaching towards the ¥111.50 price level. Resistance range from this level goes all the way to the ¥112 meaning it will be very interesting to see whether or not the market can break out above that 50 pip range. If in fact it does, that could send this market significantly, at least to the ¥113.50 level. But its important to keep in mind as well that there are several trend lines of resistance I am tracking and only one of them, the one which only stems back to late 2018, has been broken. However, there is little follow through and a bit more action to the upside is required in order to determine that this resistance is no longer meaningful.
On the other side, if price action breaks down below the lows of the Wednesday bar, then traders are probably going to look towards the ¥110.75 level, and then possibly even further lower to the level of around ¥110. That said, it’s not until we get the jobs reports numbers that traders can put serious money to action due to the fact that quite bluntly the possibility for an increase in variance, beta, or volatility (pick your terminology) is extraordinarily high given the significantly low levels of volatility traders have suffered from over the past few months across asset classes. This pair tends to be very sensitive to jobs figures, so therefore we need to be very cautious and recognize that we need to give the market at least a couple of hours after that announcement. With that being the case, there isn’t much to do between now and then. However, we need to recognize how the market reacts to those figures once the machines get done trading and traders start to digest the announcement.
Quite bluntly, it is most likely the best tactic to be patient and wait until Monday morning to determine if the trade is ready to be executed and to see where price action rests from overnight trading. On the other hand, for those of you who want to trade a little more rapidly, traders could take the chance to wait until 12 PM on the Street in which quite often they will see what the market is going to end up doing anyway.
On the other side, if price action breaks down below the lows of the Wednesday bar, then traders are probably going to look towards the ¥110.75 level, and then possibly even further lower to the level of around ¥110. That said, it’s not until we get the jobs reports numbers that traders can put serious money to action due to the fact that quite bluntly the possibility for an increase in variance, beta, or volatility (pick your terminology) is extraordinarily high given the significantly low levels of volatility traders have suffered from over the past few months across asset classes. This pair tends to be very sensitive to jobs figures, so therefore we need to be very cautious and recognize that we need to give the market at least a couple of hours after that announcement. With that being the case, there isn’t much to do between now and then. However, we need to recognize how the market reacts to those figures once the machines get done trading and traders start to digest the announcement.
Quite bluntly, it is most likely the best tactic to be patient and wait until Monday morning to determine if the trade is ready to be executed and to see where price action rests from overnight trading. On the other hand, for those of you who want to trade a little more rapidly, traders could take the chance to wait until 12 PM on the Street in which quite often they will see what the market is going to end up doing anyway.