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USD/JPY off another leg, steadies ahead of July 18 low



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  • USD/JPY off more overnight, yesterday 157.09 in Asia to 155.56

  • Low just shy of 155.38 on July 18, Asia so far today 155.54-82 EBS

  • JPY buy-backs snowballed yesterday, JPY strong across a broad front

  • JPY-funded carries officially dead? More shorts maybe still out there

  • USD/JPY also holding for now above ascending 100-DMA at 155.39

  • Question now is whether 155.91-156.30 daily Ichi cloud above to cap

  • Other tech levels above too - hourly Ichi kijun 156.31, 55-HMA 156.62

  • Option expiries today include 154.95-155.00 $2.8 bln, base for now?

  • Also 155.50 $825 mln, 156.00-05 $2.6 bln, latter likely cap?

  • US short rates down, longs less, Treasury 2s @4.451%, 10s @4.252%

  • Japanese importer buys into Tokyo fix eyed, exporters on rallies

  • Related comments nL1N3JF0QS, nL6N3JF0GW, nL1N3JF0C4, nL1N3JF09V

  • And nL1N3JF01M, nL1N3JA02A, also nL1N3JF0XZ, on Fed nS0N3IF01N

  • US markets nL1N3JF0ZH, nL1N3JF12Q, nL4N3JF1EE, nL1N3JF02O

  • On US data nL1N3JF0O3, for more click on FXBUZ


USD/JPY: https://tmsnrt.rs/3WAh0AA

USD/JPY nearby option expiries this week: https://tmsnrt.rs/3WdUv2Z

Yield on US Treasury 2s: https://tmsnrt.rs/3LzGrMj

(Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)

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