USD/JPY Daily Outlook
Daily Pivots: (S1) 105.74; (P) 106.02; (R1) 106.37;
Intraday bias in USD/JPY remains neutral as range trading continues inside 105.24/107.67. With 107.67 resistance holds, near term outlook remains bearish and deeper fall is expected. On the downside, break of 105.24 will resume larger decline from 118.65 and target 100% projection of 118.65 to 108.12 from 114.73 at 104.20 next. On the upside, firm break of 107.67 resistance will indicate near term reversal, on bullish convergence condition in 4 hour MACD. In such case, outlook will be turned bullish for 110.47 resistance next.
In the bigger picture, current development argues that the corrective pattern from 118.65 is extending. The solid break of 61.8% retracement of 98.97 to 118.65 at 106.48 now suggests that the pattern from 125.85 high is possibly extending. Deeper fall could be seen through 98.97 key support (2016 low). This bearish case will now be favored as long as 110.47 resistance holds.
AUD/USD Daily Outlook
Daily Pivots: (S1) 0.7694; (P) 0.7709; (R1) 0.7733;
Intraday bias in AUD/USD remains on the downside at this point. Fall from 0.7915 is part of whole decline form 0.8135 and should be targeting 0.7500 key support next. We’ll keep an eye on sign of downside acceleration to gauge the chance of breaking 0.7500. On the upside, above 0.7769 minor resistance will turn intraday bias neutral first. But outlook will remain bearish as long as 0.7915 resistance holds.
In the bigger picture, medium term rebound from 0.6826 is seen as a corrective move. It might still extend higher but we’d expect strong resistance from 38.2% retracement of 1.1079 to 0.6826 at 0.8451 to limit upside to bring long term down trend resumption. On the downside, break of 0.7500 support will now be an important signal that such corrective rebound is completed. In that case, AUD/USD would be heading back to 0.6826 low in medium term.
