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Flash: USD/JPY oscillates around the 55 day moving average at 103.14 - Commerzbank

FXStreet (Barcelona) - Axel Rudolph, Senior Technical Analyst at Commerzbank notes that USD/JPY’s bounce off the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement at 102.55 put the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of this year’s decline at 103.66 back on the map.

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“Should last week’s high at 103.77 be bettered, the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement at 104.45 will be in focus, en route to the more important 105.45/50 recent highs and long term Fibonacci level.”

“Slips should find support around the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement at 102.55. Further minor support can be seen around the 101.77 late January low and along the six month support line at 101.53.”

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