USD/JPY chart on Trading View used for analysis
- USD/JPY consolidates around 109 handle, holds in the green for the 4th straight session.
- USD likely to remain underpinned on risk-on action in the Asian equities amid US-China trade optimism and oil-price rally.
- Intraday bias is higher. Technical studies on the daily charts are turning slightly bullish.
- Stochs and RSI have rolled over from oversold levels and are biased higher.
- The pair has broken above 5-DMA and has ignored a Doji formation in the previous session's candle.
- Next immediate resistance lies at 1H 200 SMA at 109.24. Break above could see further upside.
- On the flipside, break below immediate support at 5-DMA (108.50) will see resumption of weakness.
Support levels - 108.50 (5-DMA), 108.41 (61.8% Fib), 108
Resistance levels - 109.24 (1H 200 SMA), 109.59 (50% Fib), 110
Recommendation: Good to go long on break above 1H 200 SMA, SL: 108.45, TP: 109.45/ 109.60/ 110
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