USD/JPY as high as 149.98 during Federal US holiday
USD/JPY to 149.98 in partial US holiday-affected thin trade, off some since
USD/JPY up on risk rally, perhaps some more paring of long JPY positions
IMM CTA yen longs down to 36,528 contracts as of Oct 8, prev week 56,772
Thinking some more JPY longs may have been pared post-data release
USD/JPY 149.68-83 EBS in Asia, down a bit from o/n highs but still buoyant
Closer to top of descending 145.02-151.81 daily Ichimoku cloud
Support from flat 149.56 hourly Ichi kijun, 55/100-HMAs 149.19/02 below
US Treasury market closed yesterday but long rates still seen firm
Fed Gov Waller said "more cautious" on rate cuts nS0N3L805Y, nS0N3L509P
Treasury 2s indicated @3.968%, 10s @4.098% in early Tokyo trading
PM Ishiba emphatic over weekend won't intervene in BOJ policy nL4N3LO035
Option expiries in area today 148.95-149.00 $723 mln, 149.70-95 $1.6 bln
150.00 likely point of contention today, some barriers tipped at strike
Japanese exporters likely busy at Tokyo fix today, maybe post-fix too
Some importer demand eyed today too on another Gotobi fix
Related comments nL1N3LQ0OQ, nL1N3LQ0FB, nL1N3LP06X, nL1N3LQ07E
And nL6N3LQ04Q, nL1N3LL05Y, also nL1N3LQ0TH, on the BOJ nL1N3LN01Y
US markets that were open nL1N3LQ0Z8, nL4N3LQ0Y3, nL1N3LP07B
For more click on FXBUZ
USD/JPY: https://tmsnrt.rs/3Uxp1oz
USD/JPY nearby option expiries this week: https://tmsnrt.rs/3A0GezC
Yield on US Treasury 10s: https://tmsnrt.rs/402JYuU
(Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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