Article Summary: An astounding post-BOJ breakdown in the Japanese Yen leaves us plainly in favor of selling the Yen across the board—particularly with our volatility-friendly trading system.
DailyFX PLUS System Trading Signals – A massive move across Japanese Yen pairs leaves us firmly in favor of breakout trading until further notice, while our retail sentiment-based trading strategies have likewise done well selling the US Dollar against broader counterparts.
You can view a more full explanation of our reasons behind JPY shorts in today’s archived strategy webinar.
DailyFX Forex Volatility Index Versus JPY Volatility Index (JPYVIX1M)
Source: OTC FX Options Prices, DailyFX Calculations
The US Dollar/Japanese Yen pair has now matched its biggest 3-day rate of change (+6.0%) of the past 20 years, and we think JPY pairs can continue to see big moves. Why? Relative yields have historically been the biggest driver of the Yen, and the Bank of Japan has decimated the appeal of holding Japanese Government Bonds as it embarks on aggressive Quantitative Easing policies. Read: much weaker demand for JPY holdings.
Our retail sentiment indicator tells another important story: our Speculative Sentiment Index shows there are currently 1.9 traders short the Euro against the Japanese Yen (short EURJPY) for every one that is long. In fact, total long interest has plummeted 44 percent while short interest has gained 18 percent since last week. This has led 3 of our 4 contrarian sentiment-based trading signals to go long EURJPY with an average price of ¥125.60.
Past performance is absolutely NOT indicative of future results, and you have to expect there could be an important correction before we see further multi-year JPY lows (if at all). But the current level of volatility expectations across Japanese Yen currency pairs leaves us plainly in favor of those same sentiment-based strategies—particularly Breakout2, which has historically done well in volatile markets.
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DailyFX Individual Currency Pair Conditions and Trading Strategy Bias
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— Written by David Rodriguez, Quantitative Strategist for DailyFX.com
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Definitions
Volatility Percentile – The higher the number, the more likely we are to see strong movements in price. This number tells us where current implied volatility levels stand in relation to the past 90 days of trading. We have found that implied volatilities tend to remain very high or very low for extended periods of time. As such, it is helpful to know where the current implied volatility level stands in relation to its medium-term range.
Trend – This indicator measures trend intensity by telling us where price stands in relation to its 90 trading-day range. A very low number tells us that price is currently at or near 90-day lows, while a higher number tells us that we are near the highs. A value at or near 50 percent tells us that we are at the middle of the currency pair’s 90-day range.
Range High – 90-day closing high.
Range Low – 90-day closing low.
Last – Current market price.
Bias – Based on the above criteria, we assign the more likely profitable strategy for any given currency pair. A highly volatile currency pair (Volatility Percentile very high) suggests that we should look to use Breakout strategies. More moderate volatility levels and strong Trend values make Momentum trades more attractive, while the lowest Vol Percentile and Trend indicator figures make Range Trading the more attractive strategy.
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