Should Investors Be Wary of a Pullback in GBP/JPY After Seven Consecutive Up Days?
25.09.2024
- Taiwan: Industrial Production
- U.S. New Home Sales
In yesterday’s U.S. trading session, the Canadian dollar strengthened against the New Zealand dollar during U.S. trading hours. The CAD/JPY pair rose from 105.903 to 107.048, moving from below the 20-period moving average (MA) on the hourly chart to above it.On the 4-hour chart, the price has already broken through the 200-period EMA resistance line with a real body candle, and on the daily chart, the RSI has rebounded from 30—the oversold level—and recovered to 53.
Among European currencies, the pound rose against the yen. The GBP/JPY pair rose from 191.313 to 193.306. The price moved along the +2σ line of the hourly Bollinger Bands.On the 4-hour chart, the 10-period moving average (MA) is acting as support, and the daily chart shows the pair has been rising for seven consecutive days. However, on the weekly chart, the 20-period MA resistance line looms overhead, so traders should pay close attention to price movements during European trading hours.
Today’s economic indicators include the Australian Consumer Price Index at 10:30, the French Consumer Confidence Index at 15:45, remarks by a Green MPC member from the UK at 17:00, Taiwan’s Industrial Production at 17:00, the U.S. MBA Mortgage Applications Index at 20:00,at 21:00, Brazil’s Broad Consumer Price Index; at 23:00, U.S. New Home Sales; at 23:30, U.S. Weekly Crude Oil Inventories; at 26:00, a U.S. 5-Year Treasury Auction; and at 29:00, remarks by Fed Governor Kugler.Be wary of a pullback in GBP/JPY, which has posted seven consecutive bullish candles.
