GPB/JPY And EUR/JPY Currency Outlook: May 27, 2014

 | May 27, 2014 04:05AM ET

h3 GBP/JPY

Daily Pivots: (S1) 171.48; (P) 171.64; (R1) 171.81;

The GBP/JPY recovers further today but stays in range. Intraday bias remains neutral first. Near term outlook is a bit mixed. But still, price actions from 174.84 are viewed as a consolidation pattern. In case of another rise, strong resistance should be seen form 174.84 to limit upside and bring reversal. We're expecting another fall as the third leg before the consolidation pattern completes. Break of 169.80 will target 167.77 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.