U.S. CPI Fails to Break USD/JPY… The Battle Around 160.00 and BOJ Rate-Hike Expectations Become the Next Focus
U.S. CPI Fails to Break USD/JPY… The Battle Around 160.00 and BOJ Rate-Hike Expectations Become the Next Focus Trading Results, 10–14 August Weekly Total: -132,554 USD ■ Weekly Summary This week was about determining whether the dollar weakness following the U.S. employment report would continue, or whether USD/JPY would return toward 160.00. As a result, […]
【Technical Analysis】13 August 2026
【Technical Analysis】13 August 2026 ■ Summary The main themes in the current market are dollar weakness, strength in yen crosses, higher precious metals, and rising equities. In FX, EUR/USD, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, and NZD/USD are strong, with dollar selling dominant across dollar pairs. EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and NZD/USD are particularly strong, showing strong buy signals across all […]
Today’s Market Outlook Will Diverging U.S. and Japanese Monetary Policy Push USD/JPY Lower? Focus on U.S. Retail Sales Today
Today’s Market Outlook Will Diverging U.S. and Japanese Monetary Policy Push USD/JPY Lower? Focus on U.S. Retail Sales Today ■ Market Summary The key focus in overseas markets today will be how changes in expectations for U.S. and Japanese monetary policy affect USD/JPY. Toward the end of the Tokyo session, reports emerged that the Bank […]
【Technical Analysis】13 August 2026
【Technical Analysis】13 August 2026 ■ Summary In the short term, both dollar selling and yen selling are occurring, supporting yen crosses such as EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY, and AUD/JPY. On the daily charts, however, USD/JPY remains bearish, while gold and equity indices remain bullish. Many instruments show different directions between short-term and daily charts, so this is […]
【Technical Analysis】12 August 2026
【Technical Analysis】12 August 2026 ■ Summary The main themes in the current market are sterling strength, Australian dollar strength, precious-metals strength, and gains in the Nikkei Average. In the FX market, GBP/USD and AUD/USD show strong buying across all timeframes, creating very strong bullish setups. EUR/USD is also strongly bullish in the short term and […]
Today’s Market Outlook Focus on Whether U.S. CPI Gives the Dollar a Clear Direction
Today’s Market Outlook Focus on Whether U.S. CPI Gives the Dollar a Clear Direction ■ Market Summary The main focus today is the July U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI). The market expects headline CPI to rise 3.4% year-on-year, slowing slightly from 3.5% previously. Core CPI is expected at 2.5% year-on-year, compared with 2.6% previously. Both […]
【Technical Analysis】11 August 2026
【Technical Analysis】11 August 2026 ■ Summary The current market is centered on rising equities, precious-metals strength, Australian-dollar strength, and a rebound in oil. In FX, AUD/USD is showing strong buying across all timeframes, making it the clearest bullish dollar pair. EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and NZD/USD remain buy-favored on the daily chart, but selling is appearing on […]
Today’s Market Outlook USD/JPY Holds in the 159 Range as Inflation Concerns Persist Ahead of Tomorrow’s U.S. CPI
Today’s Market Outlook USD/JPY Holds in the 159 Range as Inflation Concerns Persist Ahead of Tomorrow’s U.S. CPI ■ Market Overview With Tokyo markets closed, USD/JPY is trading in the low 159 range during Asian hours. Amid continuing uncertainty surrounding the Middle East, NY crude oil futures rose from around $78 to the $82 range […]
【Technical Analysis】10 August 2026
【Technical Analysis】10 August 2026 ■ Overview The main themes in the current market are rising equities, a short-term yen-selling rebound, sterling strength, and precious-metals strength. In FX, GBP/USD shows strong buying across all timeframes and is the strongest of the major dollar pairs. EUR/USD, AUD/USD, and NZD/USD remain strong buys on the daily chart, but […]
Today’s Market Outlook USD/JPY Recovers Most of Its Post-Jobs-Report Decline; U.S. CPI Is the Next Focus
Today’s Market Outlook USD/JPY Recovers Most of Its Post-Jobs-Report Decline; U.S. CPI Is the Next Focus ■ Market Overview In the Tokyo and Asian sessions at the start of the week, USD/JPY rose from the upper 157 range to the low 158 range, recovering most of the decline triggered by last week’s weak U.S. employment […]