kwanann wrote:nanningbob wrote:
Those Monthly R lines I showed last page are very key to knowing where JPY can go next. Those pairs that have broken the R line can retrace and test it. Old resistance becomes the new Support. The other pairs that have not broken yet may bounce a couple of times before they do. So the Fundamentals of the new govt. is to depreciate the JPY however, they have to implement it. So you may see price hug those R/S line until then.
nanningbob,
Sorry if this sounds stupid, but if i understand what you are saying correctly, it means that so far all the swings are done by traders rather than by BOJ?
The market seems to be slowing down now guess its time for me to take a breather as well
There are many dynamics in Forex:
#1 and you must always remember this, Forex is not about traders. Traders only make up maybe 5% of all transactions. Traders only move the market for very short periods of time and then not that much. 100 pips is nothing more than a penny. That is nothing when it comes to real money.
#2 Forex is the exchange of business between countries through banks, businesses, and govt. Despite all the hand wringing about the eur it only moved 44 cents between its high and low over the last 4 years. Makes a lot of news but really not that big of a deal. So I pay 50 cents more for a product. Yes that is a an affect but still livable.
#3 What really moves the market is long term govt. policy when it makes a shift you notice and follow the direction govt. wants to take it. That is why I put notice on the JPY govt. decisions right now. They want a major shift in monetary policy.
For example this chart shows the eur/usd Notice the change when President Bush took over and when President Obama took over. That was a major shift in Govt. policy. That is what may happen with the JPY. President Bush's economic policy's did nothing more than cheapen the dollar until the economy broke down. Under Obama it has stabilized for now. Not wishing to get into a debate here but the charts tell the story clearly. JPY now wants to depreciate their currency and kick their economy going much like Bush did in the last decade. That will influence the price probably for years to come. The immediate affect for the next few months should be a real benefit to traders that understand this.
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