EUR/JPY - Steep Bearish Trend

February 9th, 2010 by James Chen

Price action on EUR/JPY, a daily chart of which is shown, has reached down and made a tentative bounce off key support in the general 122.00 price region. This occurs after the currency pair broke a long sideways consolidation by breaking down below another key support level in the 127.00 price region. The substantial recent bearishness in the pair established a new 11-month low late last week before making the current tentative bounce. Despite the bounce, price action is currently following a very steep medium-term downtrend extending from the mid-January highs. For more technical analysis on this currency pair, please click here for Tuesday’s (2/09/2010) Chart of the Day.

- James Chen, CTA, CMT

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