Daily FX: GPB/JPY And EUR/JPY : May 09, 2014

 | May 09, 2014 04:59AM ET

h2 GBP/JPY Daily Outlook

Daily Pivots: (S1) 171.69; (P) 172.27; (R1) 172.68;

Intraday bias in GBP/JPY remains neutral for the moment. The cross is still staying in medium term consolidation pattern from 174.84. Thus, in case of another rally, we'd expect strong resistance below 174.84 to limit upside to bring reversal and start another falling leg inside the pattern. Break of 171.25 support will turn near term outlook bearish for 169.50 support and below.

In the bigger picture, the up trend from 116.83 (2011 low) might still extend to above 174.84. Nonetheless, upside momentum is rather unconvincing as seen in weekly MACD. Thus, even in that case, we'd expect strong resistance from 50% retracement retracement of 251.09 to 116.83 at 183.96 to limit upside. Meanwhile, sustained break of 163.87 support should confirm medium term topping at 174.84 and bring deeper correction to 147.61/156.77 support zone next.