Buying USD/JPY Above the 50 SMA

[[USD/JPY]] has been on a bearish trend since late March, when the roller-coaster ride which sent this pair tumbling 11 cents lower and then reversing 10 cents higher ended. The trend hasn’t been strong, but the pressure was on the downside for this forex pair.

The downtrend picked up pace in the last week of July though, as the USD went through another phase of weakness. USD/JPY lost another 300 pips during that decline, falling to 104.20. But the situation reversed in the last day of July and USD/JPY turned bullish for a couple of weeks, as the demand for safe havens cooled off a little.

The price climbed above 107 once again, but has retreated around 100 pips lower in the last few trading days. USD/JPY is 100 pips lower now, but the 50 SMA (yellow) should hold as support now. This moving average has provided support during previous pullback lower, in the first week of this month, so we are hoping to see a bounce from the 50 SMA. We bought USD/JPY a while ago by the way.

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Skerdian Meta Lead Analyst. Skerdian is a professional Forex trader and a market analyst. He has been actively engaged in market analysis for the past 11 years. Before becoming our head analyst, Skerdian served as a trader and market analyst in Saxo Bank's local branch, Aksioner. Skerdian specialized in experimenting with developing models and hands-on trading. Skerdian has a masters degree in finance and investment.

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