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 March 1, 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 procure.ch Manufacturing PMI | Feb 2021 | Swiss Franc | CHF | 2021-03-01 | 08:30 GMT | 60 | 61.3 |
Japan Jobs/applications ratio | Jan 2021 | Japanese Yen | JPY | 2021-03-01 | 23:30 GMT | 1.06 | |
Japan Unemployment Rate | Jan 2021 | Japanese Yen | JPY | 2021-03-01 | 23:30 GMT | 3% | |
Japan Capital Spending YoY | Q4 2020 | Japanese Yen | JPY | 2021-03-01 | 23:50 GMT | ||
Japan Jibun Bank Services PMI Final | Feb 2021 | Japanese Yen | JPY | 2021-03-03 | 00:30 GMT |
If we observe the 90 and 30 day timeframes, we see an uptrend in place for CHFJPY.
CHFJPY’s moving averages tell a multi-facted story about its trend. Out of the moving averages we’re monitoring (20, 50, 100, and 200 days), all but the 20 are bullish, suggesting the trend is generally upward, aside from a fall about 3 weeks prior. Moreover, today we saw the 20 moving average turn bearish.
Below is a chart showing CHFJPY’s price with its moving averages.
Regarding CHFJPY’s correlations over the past 7 days, it has been most correlated with GBPUSD. Over the past 14 days, however, the asset showing the strongest correlation to CHFJPY is GBPCHF. On the flip side, EURNOK has been the asset least correlated with CHFJPY — but over the past two weeks, USDSEK 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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Currently, CHFJPY’s rate is down -3620 pips (-0.31%) from the week prior. Moreover, note that this is the 2nd straight week CHFJPY has seen its price head down. If you’re a trend trader, consider that the strongest clear trend on the weekly chart exists on the 20 week timeframe. 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.