USD/JPY Weekly uptrend opportunity based on 1.00 Lot Calculation:
- EVENT: Friday, January 7, 13:30 GMT – The US Non-farm Payroll report for December. An improved picture of the US economy is expected in the upcoming report from the US labor market. Namely, forecast is that the US economy added 400,000 new jobs in December, while the unemployment rate further dropped (from 4.2% to 4.1%);
- The global investors’ risk sentiment significantly improved after reports that the new Omicron variant causes only mild symptoms. This helped ease fears about the slow economic recovery of developed economies affecting the Japanese currency, considered as a (traditional) safe-haven;
- Rising US government bond yields push the currency pair higher ahead of the very important US jobs market data to be released next Friday. This currency pair is very sensitive to interest rates differentials between bonds of the U.S. and Japan.
USD/JPY, December 30, 2021
Current Price: 115.05
USD/JPY |
Weekly |
Trend Direction |
UP |
116.25 |
|
116.05 |
|
115.85 |
|
114.25 |
|
114.05 |
|
113.85 |
Example of calculation based on weekly trend direction for 1.00 Lot*
Profit or loss Short in $ |
1,091 |
910 |
728 |
-728 |
-910 |
-1,091 |
Profit or loss Short in €** |
966 |
805 |
644 |
-644 |
-805 |
-966 |
Profit or loss Short in £** |
811 |
676 |
541 |
-541 |
-676 |
-811 |
Profit or loss Short in C$** |
1,398 |
1,165 |
932 |
-932 |
-1,165 |
-1,398 |
* 1.00 lot is equivalent of 100,000 units
** Calculations for exchange rate used as of 09:40 am (GMT) 30/12/2021
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