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FxWirePro: EUR/JPY sees tepid recovery from 3-year low at 121.05, bias lower, good to sell rallies

Euro slumped on Thursday as ECB left policy unchanged and revised its economic and inflation forecast for 2016. BoJ member, Takehiro Sato, criticized BoJ's negative interest-rate policy and said that the central bank sho…

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FxWirePro: EUR/JPY sees tepid recovery from 3-year low at 121.05, bias lower, good to sell rallies
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  • Euro slumped on Thursday as ECB left policy unchanged and revised its economic and inflation forecast for 2016.
     
  • BoJ member, Takehiro Sato, criticized BoJ's negative interest-rate policy and said that the central bank should go slow in trying to achieve its 2% inflation target. 
     
  • Comments reduced expectations of further stimulus from the BoJ and boosted the Japanese Yen. 
     
  • EUR/JPY is attempting a tepid recovery from 3-year low of 121.05 hit on Thursday and is poised for further downside.
     
  • Techs support further downside, momentum studies weak, Stochs biased lower.
     
  • The pair has broken major trendline support at 121.30 and finds next support at 119.75 ahead of 119.11 and then 118.71.
     
  • Resistance on the upside is seen at 122, 122.45 (May 6th highs) and then 122.42 (5-DMA).
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Recommendation: Good to sell rallies around 121.30/40, SL: 122, TP: 121/119.75/119
 

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