Yen staying heavy; not much of a dip in the JPY crosses


Corporate sellers at 90.70 through 90.85 have capped USD/JPY for now but dips are pretty shallow so…

Quick overview of Asian FX market


Apple stock was over 10% lower in after hours trade giving risk-sentiment in Asia a negative……

CEFP and North Korea send USD/JPY higher


Take your pick; more talk on the Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) will meet soon to…

AUD/JPY: Might be worth a quick short at 94.10?


The Apple crumble (pardon me, couldn't help myself :) ), the 10% fall in AAPL after the revenue…

AUD/JPY pops up after Chinese data


The HSBC China manufacturing PMI came in at 51.9, slightly better than expected. AUD/JPY is usually…

Yen market ignoring poor trade data


The slump in exports and the increased trade deficit is being largely ignored and the market is…

Short-term trade ideas in EUR/CHF and USD/JPY


EUR/CHF: Play a 1.2330/1.2450 short-term range with a bullish bias. Buy deeper dips to 1.2270…

Short-term technical outlook updated


I've updated the outlooks for EUR/JPY, USD/JPY, EUR/CHF and EUR/USD in the members section. In…

USD/JPY: Longs getting very nervous; safer to sell intraday rallies


Despite the best efforts of the BOJ, the market is simply overly long of USD/JPY still. It has…

USD/JPY: Looks like trailing stops nuked below 89.30


Hearing next batch of stops below 88.90.

USD/JPY: Then again, maybe everyone gets stuffed


Which would be the normal course of events in the FX market! First USD/JPY shorts get squeezed…

BOJ: Probably enough there to satisfy the Yen bears


The 'open-ended easing' should be broad enough to encourage the market into some more Yen selling…

USD/JPY: 2% inflation target but no set timeline


USD/JPY zoomed up to 90.05 but is struggling to hang on to the gains as details remain thin on when…

Yen dealers bit trigger-happy but no announcement yet


Quick spike up in the Yen crosses on old headlines and rumours but as yet no announcement. Normally…

USD/JPY: Throw short-term technicals out the window


Big risk event today and its not the time to be following the technical handbook. Nevertheless, we…

BOJ will start meeting at earlier than usual time tomorrow


Interesting decision by the BOJ to start tomorrow's meeting at the earlier than usual time of 8am…

USD/JPY: Short-term technicals favour shorts at current levels


Once again you can follow the short-term technicals in the members section or on Twitter…

USD/JPY: Don’t chase it higher


If you've missed the recent up-move, then wait for the next retracement rather than buying breaks.…