GPB/JPY And EUR/JPY Currency Outlook: July 31, 2014

 | Jul 31, 2014 04:45AM ET

h3 GBP/JPY

Daily Pivots: (S1) 173.10; (P) 173.65; (R1) 174.40;

GBP/JPY's strong rebound argues that the pull back from 175.36 could have completed at 172.60 already, after drawing support from 55 days EMA. But it's staying below 174.54 minor resistance for the moment. Intraday bias stays neutral first. Break of 174.54 will turn bias back to the upside for 175.36 and break will extend the larger up trend. On the downside, sustained break of 172.36 support will confirm near term reversal and will turn outlook bearish for 170.95 support next.

In the bigger picture, the up trend from 116.83 (2011 low) continued to lose upside momentum. This could be seen in bearish divergence condition in daily MACD. And, weekly MACD continued to trend down. There is no clear sign of reversal yet but a medium term top should be near. So, in case of another rise, we'd expect strong resistance below 50% retracement retracement of 251.09 to 116.83 at 183.96 to bring reversal. Meanwhile, sustained break of 169.53 support should confirm medium term topping and turn outlook bearish.