Why USD/JPY Pip Value Changes
Learn why a fixed USD/JPY pip amount in yen changes value in a dollar account, with a clear 40-pip example and a practical conversion checklist.
Today’s Market Outlook: U.S. Yields Fall, USD/JPY Pulls Back
Today’s Market Outlook October 15, 2026 U.S. Yields Fall, Unwinding Dollar Gains; Retail Sales and PPI in Focus Tonight Market Overview The dollar and U.S. yields are lower today, while risk aversion and equity losses have supported the yen. After Wednesday’s U.S. CPI came in above expectations, USD/JPY climbed to 158.95 before reversing. Selling continued […]
Today’s Market Outlook — October 14, 2026 | Dollar Lacks Direction Ahead of U.S. CPI
USD/JPY remains in the 158s as traders await U.S. CPI. Core inflation and Treasury yields will shape whether the dollar can extend its move.
Today’s Options Overview October 13, 2026
Today’s Options Overview October 13, 2026 Spot Rates EUR/USD: 1.1178 USD/JPY: 158.24 GBP/USD: 1.3225 USD/CHF: 0.8325 USD/CAD: 1.4265 AUD/USD: 0.6962 NZD/USD: 0.5594 EUR/GBP: 0.8449 Options Expiring Today — October 13 EUR/USD 1.1260 — €978 million 1.1290 — €3.1 billion — Largest 1.1300 — €1.2 billion 1.1315 — €1.1 billion Current spot is 1.1178. The largest […]
Technical Analysis — October 13, 2026
Technical Analysis — October 13, 2026 Overview Today’s main themes are rebounds in major currencies against the dollar, weakness in the hourly charts for USD/JPY and crude oil, and divergence among equity indices. EUR/USD, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, and NZD/USD have improved to strong buys from the short-term charts through the hourly chart. However, all remain bearish […]
Technical Analysis — October 12, 2026
Technical Analysis — October 12, 2026 Overview Today’s main themes are continued dollar strength, weakness in the euro and New Zealand dollar, and improving conditions in crude oil and European equities. USD/JPY is a strong buy across all timeframes. USD/CHF and USD/CAD are also strong buys from the 15-minute chart through the daily chart, showing […]
Today’s Options Overview October 12, 2026
Today’s Options Overview October 12, 2026 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Spot Rates at the Time of Publication ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ EUR/USD: 1.1210 USD/JPY: 158.22 GBP/USD: 1.3244 USD/CHF: 0.8298 USD/CAD: 1.4257 AUD/USD: 0.6981 NZD/USD: 0.5606 EUR/GBP: Unconfirmed ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Options Expiring Today October 12 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ■ EUR/USD 1.1225 — €611 million Current spot: 1.1210 The 1.1225 strike is close, around 15 pips […]
USD/JPY in the 158s: The Next Move Hinges on U.S. Inflation
USD/JPY has recovered into the 158s, but the mid-158s remain resistance. This week’s U.S. CPI and retail sales may shape the next move, while the weekly trading result was −$7,131.
Why a Strong Dollar Index May Not Lift USD/JPY
Learn how the dollar index basket can rise while USD/JPY falls, with a clear hypothetical calculation and a practical checklist for comparing currency charts.
Technical Analysis — October 9, 2026
Technical analysis shows broad short-term rebounds in yen crosses and metals, while daily trends remain mixed. USD/JPY and AUD/NZD retain Strong Buy alignment across all timeframes.