EUR/JPY – 117.68
Recent wave: wave v of (C) ended at 94.12 and major correction in wave A has ended at 149.79
Trend: Near term down
Original strategy:
Sell at 119.00, Target: 117.00, Stop: 119.60
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New strategy :
Sell at 119.00, Target: 117.00, Stop: 119.60
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As the single currency recovered after falling to 117.32, suggesting consolidation above this level would be seen and corrective bounce to 118.15-20 and then 118.45-50 cannot be ruled out, however, reckon upside would be limited to 118.80 and bring another decline later, below said support at 117.32 would add credence to our view that recent erratic decline from 124.10 top (2016 high) is still in progress and extend weakness to 117.00 but oversold condition should prevent sharp fall below 116.50-60 and reckon 116.15-20 would hold from here.
In view of this, would not chase this fall here and would be prudent to sell euro on subsequent rebound as 118.90-00 should limit upside. Above 119.06 resistance would defer and suggest a temporary low is possibly formed, risk rebound to 119.40-50 but price should falter below resistance at 119.85, bring another selloff.
Our latest preferred count is that wave (ii) is ABC-X-ABC which ended at 123.33 and wave (iii) is unfolding with wave iii ended at 100.77, followed by wave iv at 111.57 and wave v as well as the wave (iii) has ended at 97.04, followed by wave (iv) at 111.43 and wave (v) has ended at 94.12 which is also the end of the larger degree v, this also implied the major wave (C) has also ended there, hence major correction has commenced from there with (A) leg unfolding in its lower degree wave c which has possibly ended at 145.69. Under this count, A-B-C wave (B) has commenced with A leg ended at 136.23, wave B at 143.79 and wave C has possibly ended at 149.79.
Our larger degree count is that the decline from 139.26 is wave (C) and is sub-divided into a diagonal triangle i-ii-iii-iv-v with wave i – 105.44, wave ii- 123.33, wave iii – 97.03, wave iv – 111.43, followed by the final wave v as well as the end of wave (C) at 94.12, this also mark the bottom of larger degree wave B. Under this count, major rise in wave C has commenced as an impulsive wave with minor wave III ended at 145.69, wave V is still in progress for further gain to 150.00. Having said that, this so-called wave V could well be the first leg of larger degree 5-waver wave C and this wave C should bring at least a retest of wave A top at 169.97 (July 2008).
