USD/JPY speed runs its way to hit 125.00

Welp, that was quick. But it is fitting with the sort of moves we have seen this year with 10-year Treasury yields hitting well above 2% and oil already having hit $125 so early on in Q1. Breathtaking stuff.

USD/JPY USD/JPY The USD/JPY is the currency pair encompassing the dollar of the United States of America (symbol $, code USD), and the Japanese yen of Japan (symbol ¥, code JPY). The pair’s rate indicates how many Japanese yen are needed in order to purchase one US dollar. For example, when the USD/JPY is trading at 100.00, it means 1 US dollar is equivalent to 100 Japanese yen. The US dollar (USD) is the world’s most traded currency, whilst the Japanese yen is the world’s third most traded currency, resulting The USD/JPY is the currency pair encompassing the dollar of the United States of America (symbol $, code USD), and the Japanese yen of Japan (symbol ¥, code JPY). The pair’s rate indicates how many Japanese yen are needed in order to purchase one US dollar. For example, when the USD/JPY is trading at 100.00, it means 1 US dollar is equivalent to 100 Japanese yen. The US dollar (USD) is the world’s most traded currency, whilst the Japanese yen is the world’s third most traded currency, resulting Read this Term jumped above 123.00 in Asia trading and has now briefly clipped 125.00 before some profit-taking.

I mentioned earlier how the figure level may offer some natural resistance for the pair but in lieu of surging bond yields, it is tough to fight the trend at the moment.

I would expect layers of offers around the figure level but considering how the BOJ is so desperately trying to keep with its yield Yield A yield represents the earnings generated by an investment or security over a certain time period. Yields are typically displayed in percentage terms and are in the form of interest or dividends received from it.These figures do not include the price variations, which separates it from the total return. Consequently, a yield applies to various stated rates of return on stocks, fixed income instruments such as bonds, and other types of investment products.Yields can be calculated as a ratio or as A yield represents the earnings generated by an investment or security over a certain time period. Yields are typically displayed in percentage terms and are in the form of interest or dividends received from it.These figures do not include the price variations, which separates it from the total return. Consequently, a yield applies to various stated rates of return on stocks, fixed income instruments such as bonds, and other types of investment products.Yields can be calculated as a ratio or as Read this Term curve control, it could just exacerbate further weakness in the yen.

Beyond 125.00, it's all about picking tops at key psychological levels and 130.00 would likely be next. But for now, let's see if buyers still have the appetite after a monster run of gains over the past four weeks.