The most active trading sessions for the USD/JPY take place in Tokyo, London and New York. Day traders look mostly to the London and New York sessions but those trading wishing to trade on the Asian markets can do so between 2400 GMT - 0900 GMT.
USD/JPY has traditionally been the most politically sensitive currency pair, with successive U.S. governments using the exchange rate as a lever in trade negotiations with Japan. For day-to-day trading, the most significant feature of USD/JPY is the heavy influence exerted by Japanese institutional investors and asset managers.
The USD/JPY has recently dipped below 101.00. Read the Daily Forex USD to Japanese Yen forecast and get access to the most up-to-date statistics, analyses and economic events regarding the USD/JPY.
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USD/JPY price did not do much by testing the psychological resistance 115.00 at the beginning of last week’s trading, as the Japanese yen returned to reap the gains.
The Japanese yen remained outperforming among the major currencies in the middle of this week’s trading.
After three consecutive trading sessions during which the USD/JPY price attempted to recover, the pace of gains stopped around the 115.05 resistance level.
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For the third day in a row, the price of the USD/JPY is back to a bullish rebound, after it tested its impact in early trading today.
For eight trading sessions in a row, the price of the US dollar against the Japanese yen (USD/JPY) currency pair moved with downward momentum in light of profit-taking operations.
The US dollar lost much of its value heading into the midweek session after hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials (Fed) followed by a flurry of profit taking that weighed on US exchange rates ahead of the December inflation data.
For the sixth day in a row, the price of the US dollar against the Japanese yen (USD/JPY) currency pair is moving amid a downward correction.
For four trading sessions in a row, the price of the USD/JPY currency pair is moving amid profit-taking sales towards the 115.05 support level.
Throughout the transactions of the past week, the price of the USD/JPY currency pair is moving amid an upward momentum.
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The recent gains of USD/JPY that pushed it towards its highest level in five years, to reach the resistance level of 116.35, may be followed by short deals to take profits.
The Japanese yen fell against the rest of the major currencies with the continued pressure on the Japanese economy from the effects of the pandemic.
The jump in US Treasury yields helped the US dollar make its biggest daily gain in nearly two months into the start of the new year 2022 trading.
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The attempts of the bulls to control the USD/JPY culminated in a test of the 115.00 psychological resistance level, where it has settled as of this writing.
The weakness of the Japanese yen (the traditional safe haven) allowed the USD/JPY to hold on to the gains of the recent bullish rebound to the resistance level of 114.95, the highest in a month.