CHF/JPY Down 18 Pips, in an Uptrend Over Past 90 Days; Eyes 20 and 50 Day Averages
Out of the 40 instruments in the forex asset class, chf/jpy ended up ranking 24th for the day in terms of day-over-day price change.
(Last Updated January 26, 2021)
Welcome to the news page for CHFJPY (CHFJPY). Below you’ll find our daily market updates. Here’s a technical and fundamental summary of where things currently stand:
metric_name | reference_period | asset_name | asset_id | date | time | forecast | outcome |
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Switzerland World Economic Forum Annual Meeting | NA | Swiss Franc | CHF | 2021-01-26 | 00:00 GMT | ||
Switzerland World Economic Forum Annual Meeting | NA | Swiss Franc | CHF | 2021-01-27 | 00:00 GMT | ||
Japan Retail Sales YoY | Dec 2020 | Japanese Yen | JPY | 2021-01-27 | 23:50 GMT | -0.4% | |
Switzerland World Economic Forum Annual Meeting | NA | Swiss Franc | CHF | 2021-01-28 | 00:00 GMT | ||
Switzerland Balance of Trade | Dec 2020 | Swiss Franc | CHF | 2021-01-28 | 07:00 GMT |
On CHFJPY, we don’t see a clear trend until the 90 day basis, where we see a clear uptrend.
The moving averages on CHFJPY indicate a trend that is clearly bullish.
Below is a chart showing CHFJPY’s price with its moving averages.
In terms of correlations over the past week for CHFJPY, it has been most correlated with EURJPY. CHFJPY has been most correlated with EURJPY over the past 14 days also, so this may be a recurring pattern. Alternatively, the asset least correlated with CHFJPY over the past week has been AUDUSD, but if we observe the prior two weeks, CADJPY has been the asset least correlated with CHFJPY. See the chart below to observe the recent price action in CHFJPY versus those of assets it hasn’t been well correlated with.
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At the time of this writing, CHFJPY’s rate is down -3820 pips (-0.33%) from the week prior. Moreover, note that this is a reversal of the price action on the previous week, in which price moved up. Regarding the trend, note that the strongest trend exists on the 20 week timeframe. Price action traders may also wish to note that we see a pin bar candlestick pattern on CHFJPY. Given that we see an uptrend on the 20 weekly candle timeframe, and that such candlestick patterns often denote reversals, this may be worth noting. Looking further out, the moving averages on the weekly timeframe suggest a choppiness in price, as the are all in a mixed alignment — meaning the trend across timeframes is inconsistent, indicating a potential opportunity for rangebound traders. CHFJPY’s weekly price action over the past 52 weeks can be seen via the chart below.
Strongest trend on the 120 month timeframe.
Out of the 40 instruments in the forex asset class, chf/jpy ended up ranking 24th for the day in terms of day-over-day price change.
Keep it mind – this is uptrend, but it look like strong pullback, too.
This imputes a buy/sell ratio of 0.42, which is bearish.
Volatility for chf/jpy has exploded over the past two weeks relative to the past 30 days, which technical traders will want to note.
Interestingly, a trend in the other direction exists on the 30 day timeframe, where price is headed down.
The price move occurred on volume — and we’re using the number of tick price changes as a proxy for volume — that was up 77.37% from the day prior, but down 26.32% from the same day the week before.
Interestingly, a trend in the other direction exists on the 14 and 30 day timeframes, where price is headed down.
As for the rationale, technical traders seem to be citing the appearance of trendline and triangle technical patterns.
It should be noted, though, that a trend in the opposite direction, going down, exists on the 30 day timeframe.
Or to simplify this another way, note that out of the past 10 days chf/jpy’s price has gone up 8 them.