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Reaches top of channel, primed to fall – Crypto News

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  • USD/JPY has touched the top of a multi-year rising channel. 
  • It is likely to face increased resistance and is at increased risk of pulling back. 
  • RSI is threatening to exit overbought and a Hanging Man candlestick pattern bodes ill.
     

USD/JPY has reached the top of a rising channel it has been in since the start of 2023. Although it is in an uptrend on all timeframes there is a growing risk it is about to correct back.

USD/JPY Daily Chart 


 

The top of the channel will present resistance to bulls acting as a barrier to them pushing price higher. 

USD/JPY posted a bearish Hanging Man Japanese candlestick pattern on Wednesday July 3 (blue-shaded rectangle) and this is further evidence a reversal may be developing. A Hanging Man develops when a candle forms at a peak with a small body near its high and a long wick below. 

USD/JPY Daily Chart 

If Thursday ends as a red bearish candlestick it will provide confirmation of a short-term reversal.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) momentum indicator is currently at 69.88. It is exiting the overbought zone. If it closes below 70 – as looks likely – it will provide a sell signal and further evidence of a short-term reversal. 

The resulting pull-back will probably fall down to support at around the 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at 157.23. This has provided support on several occasions during USD/JPY’s uptrend. A break below 160.26 would add confirmation price could hit the bearish target. 

On the other hand, a decisive break out of the top of the channel would invalidate the bearish hypothesis and indicate a move higher, perhaps to 164.00 initially. Upside momentum beyond that, however, is unlikely to sustain for long. 

A decisive break would be one accompanied by a long green candle that broke clearly through the channel line and closed near its high, or three green candles in a row that broke above the channel line. 

 

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