USD/JPY Price Forecast – US Dollar Continues to Melt Down Against Yen

The US dollar has broken down rather significantly during the training session on Friday, as we continue to see a run to safety and the financial markets. The Japanese yen is reasserting itself as a safety currency, as we have seen in spades over the last several sessions. The US markets have been selling off, and therefore money is flying out of New York as more concerned about coronavirus hit the headlines. As I record this, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 900 points, and looking very much like it’s going to reach 1000 lost yet again.

USD/JPY Video 02.03.20

The USD/JPY pair is getting close to the 200 day EMA, an area that will of course attract a lot of attention. At this point, I think that the 200 day EMA could cause a little bit of a bounce, but if we do break down below there then the longer-term trend suddenly becomes negative again. The ¥110 level is essentially “fair value” in the longer-term consolidation area and we have just gotten smoked by a false break out. Because of this, it’s likely that we may return to ¥110 again, as market memory dictates. However, the market is literally moving by the most recent headline, and to be honest the correlation between the S&P 500 in the USD/JPY pair has returned to the norm again, so pay attention to this correlation, as we are getting oversold, and it’s a matter of time before we get some type of nasty bounce. In other words, you can’t short the market quite right now, as you would be “chasing the trade.” That being said, it will be interesting to see what happens next but I would advise keeping a very small position regardless of what you choose to do.