USD/JPY Price Forecast – US Dollar Pulls Back from 104 JPY Level.

The US dollar has pulled back a bit against the ¥104 level, an area that has been important more than once. In the short term, it looks as if the market is simply going back and forth and trying to figure out what it wants to do next. We have been in a longer term downtrend, so I think at this point in time the market probably continues to go to the downside. Short-term rally should continue to offer selling opportunities right around that ¥104 level, and I think that the resistance probably extends all the way to the ¥105 level.

Near the ¥103.50 level, I think there is a certain amount of support in that general vicinity that is worth paying attention to, especially if we can break down below there. If we do break down below there, then it is likely that we go down towards the ¥102.50 level, perhaps even lower than that. We have been in a very extended downtrend for a while, and I simply just do not see that changing in the short term.

Furthermore, if we are going to massive amounts of stimulus, one would have to think that eventually the US dollar needs to continue going lower. What makes this trade a little bit more confusing at times is the fact that it also is highly sensitive to risk appetite, so it is a little bit of a “push/pull” type of situation in the short term, and that explains a lot of the choppiness that is seen on the chart.