Rallies in Yen Crosses Look Constructive

Published March 13th, 2007 - 07:07 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

1. CADJPY
2. CHFJPY
3. NZDJPY


CADJPY We mentioned last week that daily RSI is oversold, suggesting that a bottom could be forming in the next several weeks.  The CADJPY rallied strongly off of 97.50 last week to the 50% retracement of the 104.85-97.50 decline (101.17).  The rally from 97.50 is either a correction of the weakness that preceded it or a change in trend.  If the pair rallies above 101.15 before declining below 99.49, then we will have 5 waves up from the 97.50 low, which would establish a longer term bullish bias (with the opportunity to buythe ensuing correction).  If 99.49 is broken prior to a new high being established, then probability favors additional losses to below 97.50.   

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CHFJPY The rally off of 94.27 is uninspiring and looks corrective.  While there could still be another leg up to test the 61.8% of 98.39-94.26 at 96.81, we  believe that the best interpretation classifies the decline from 98.39 as a 4th wave correction that could test the confluence of the 50% Fibonacci level / channel support at 93.03 before a 5th wave ends in a new high above 98.39.  93.03 intersects channel support at the end of April. 

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NZDJPY NZDJPY looks exactly the same as CADJPY.  The points to watch are 80.06 and 82.31.  A rally above 82.31 before a decline below 80.06 would mean that there are 5 waves up from 77.42.  A decline below 80.06 before a rally above 82.31 would mean that there are just 3 waves higher (which would be corrective).  The former scenario would be bullish (with the opportunity to buy a correction) and the latter scenario would suggest that price is headed back below 77.42.   

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CCI(20) 20 day Commodity Channel Index

> 0 bullish

0 > bearish

> 100 extremely bullish

-100 > - extremely bearish                                                   

RSI(14) 14 day Relative Strength Index

> 50 bullish

50 > bearish

> 70 overbought

30 > - oversold

MACD ? - MACD slope (MACD MACD[1])

> 0 bullish

0 > - bearish

Mom(21) 21 day Momentum

> 0 bullish

0 > - bearish

ATR(14) 14 day <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />AverageTrueRange (volatility)

Medium 75th percentile* > ATR(14) > 25th percentile*

High - > 75th percentile*

Low 25th percentile* >

 

*measured against past 3 months

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