Shorting the Retrace in EUR/JPY

EUR/JPY has been on a downtrend all week but it has retraced higher now, which looks like a good opportunity to sell this pair

The 50 SMA did a good job at providing resistance

EUR/JPY turned bearish at the middle of last week and the bearish momentum picked up pace this week after Trump’s threat to increase tariffs on China. The JPY benefits when markets are uncertain as a safe haven asset and this pair opened with a bearish gap lower on Monday.

The bearish momentum has continued all this week as traders remain sidelined ahead of the US-China meeting and this pair has lost around 200 pips from the closing price last week to the bottom today. The last meaningful bearish move took place early this morning and EUR/JPY dived around 70 pips.

But it has been retracing higher and the retrace is almost complete now as stochastic indicator is nearly overbought. Besides, the price is finding resistance at the 20 SMA (grey) while the 50 SMA (yellow) stands ready to kill any jump if the 20 SMA lets go. The previous H1 candlestick also closed as an upside-down pin which is a reversing signal, so we decided to open a sell signal here and go with the flow.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR See More
Skerdian Meta
Lead Analyst
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.

Related Articles

Comments

0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
0 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

HFM

Doo Prime

XM

Best Forex Brokers