A volatile day for USDJPY

31 Jul

USD/JPY trades flat below 153.00 after BoJ surprise-led wild swings
USD/JPY is trading modestly flat below 153.00, digesting the Bank of Japan's (BoJ) surprise interest-rate hike by 15 bps. The pair saw wild swings on either side after the BoJ announcements. Governor Ueda's presser eyed.

The USD/JPY pair trades back and forth in a tight range above the crucial support of 156.00 on Monday’s European session. The asset shifts to the sidelines with investors focusing on the interest rate announcements by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) and the Federal Reserve (Fed), which are scheduled for Wednesday.

BUY USDJPY zone 152.500 Stoploss 152.000

31 Jul

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+ 50 pips so fast

31 Jul

Trading ditutup: target tercapai

31 Jul

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The BoJ raised its key interest rate, but the JPY seems to have taken little notice. At the time of writing, USD/JPY is little changed, which is not what you would expect in response to a rate hike, especially one that was larger than expected. But let's take things one step at a time, Commerzbank’s FX analyst Volkmar Baur notes

BoJ raises its key interest rate to 0.25%
“The BoJ raised its key interest rate to 0.25% from 0-0.1%. In addition, it was announced that the volume of bond purchases, which was recently JPY 5.7 trillion per month, will be reduced by JPY 0.4 trillion per quarter until it reaches JPY 3 trillion per month at the beginning of 2026. As a reminder, these are gross purchases.”

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Trading ditutup: target tercapai