GPB/JPY And EUR/JPY Currency Outlook: June 17, 2014

 | Jun 17, 2014 03:56AM ET

h3 GBP/JPY

Daily Pivots: (S1) 172.67; (P) 172.97; (R1) 173.21;

The GBP/JPY turned sideway ahead of 173.46 resistance. But with 172.53 support intact, further rise is expected. Current rise from 169.53 could extend further to 174.84 key resistance. At this point, we'd remain cautious on strong resistance from there to bring reversal to extend the medium term sideway pattern. Below 172.53 minor support will turn bias back to the downside for 170.95 support. However, decisive break of 174.84 will confirm resumption of larger up trend.

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.