The most active trading sessions for the USD/JPY take place in Tokyo, London and New York. Day traders look mostly to the London and New York sessions but those trading wishing to trade on the Asian markets can do so between 2400 GMT - 0900 GMT.
USD/JPY has traditionally been the most politically sensitive currency pair, with successive U.S. governments using the exchange rate as a lever in trade negotiations with Japan. For day-to-day trading, the most significant feature of USD/JPY is the heavy influence exerted by Japanese institutional investors and asset managers.
The USD/JPY has recently dipped below 101.00. Read the Daily Forex USD to Japanese Yen forecast and get access to the most up-to-date statistics, analyses and economic events regarding the USD/JPY.
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While relations between these two superpowers are quite bleak, any increase in hostilities between them will see an increase in demand for the Japanese Yen.
The US dollar fell off of a cliff during the trading session on Friday, reaching down below the ¥106 level during the day.
The US dollar continues to trade the bottom of the range against the Japanese yen, as we have dropped towards the ¥106.75 level.
There is no escape of bears dominating the USD/JPY performance.
The US dollar has rallied significantly during the trading session on Wednesday, reaching towards the ¥107.50 level.
Investors have abandoned the US currency, temporarily, since the announcement of reaching vaccines to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, despite new and record numbers of infections in the United States and some countries of the world.
The US dollar has initially tried to rally during the trading session on Tuesday but failed again at the 50 day EMA.
For 8 consecutive sessions, the USD/JPY is stable in a limited range amid boring performance according to Forex traders.
The US dollar has rallied a bit during the trading session on Monday to kick off the week, but at this point, I think the likelihood of anything major happening is probably minuscule.
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For two weeks in a row, the USD/JPY currency pair was moving in a dull performance in the vicinity of limited levels where it is unable to overcome the 108.00 resistance when preparing to move up.
The US dollar has initially tried to rally during the trading session on Friday but gave back the gains as we got a bit too close to the ¥107.50 level.
The US dollar rallied a bit during the trading session on Thursday against the Japanese yen but gave back the gains at the very end of the day.
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Bears still have stronger control over the USD/JPY performance, as the pair returned to the 106.66 support during yesterday's trading before settling around the 106.93 level at the beginning of Thursday's trading.
The continued monitoring of increasing numbers of new infections with the Coronavirus in the United States, along with the renewed tensions between the two largest economies in the world, are the most important factors that explain the continued downward pressure on the USD/JPY, which is struggling to return to stability above the 108.00 resistance to exit the bearish channel that is in control since the beginning of the current month’s trading.