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CAD/JPY Forecast: Volatile Amid Tariff Risks

By Christopher Lewis
Senior Technical Analyst

Christopher Lewis is a technical analyst and market commentator at DailyForex with more than two decades of trading experience in Forex and other leveraged markets. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he specializes in chart-based analysis of major currency pairs, stock indices, commodities, and energy markets, focusing on clear support and resistance levels, trend structure, and risk management. Christopher produces daily written and video analysis for tra...

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  • During the trading session on Friday, we saw quite a bit of noisy trading overall, and the CAD/JPY pair will be no different.
  • After all, the market has recently hit a very low level of ¥102, but since then we have seen quite a bit of buying.
  • I think at this point in time we need to pay close attention to the Canadian dollar, because unlike so many other currencies, Canada and its currency have to worry about a potential tariff war.
  • The rhetoric between the Americans in the Canadians haven’t necessarily been good.

CAD/JPY Today 24/03: Volatile Amid Tariff Risks (Chart)

That being said, we could see the Canadian dollar get hammered, if things of course don’t work out. Granted, you will see more destruction of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar, but that will have a bit of a “knock on effect” over in this currency pair that does in fact end up being the case. Furthermore, the Japanese yen will be used as a safety currency in that scenario, so all things being equal, I think there is a very real threat to the downside here.

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Technical Analysis

The ¥105 level above is significant short-term resistance, but I also would pay close attention to the 50 Day EMA above there, which has just broken toward the ¥105.50 level. After that, the ¥106 level also presents resistance. In other words, despite the recent bounce, there’s still significant ground to cover before a sustained move higher can be considered.

The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates and scale back quantitative easing later this year, while the Bank of Canada remains dovish and faces multiple economic challenges. Fading rallies will more likely than not end up being the way people approach this market.

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Senior Technical Analyst
Christopher Lewis is a technical analyst and market commentator at DailyForex with more than two decades of trading experience in Forex and other leveraged markets. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he specializes in chart-based analysis of major currency pairs, stock indices, commodities, and energy markets, focusing on clear support and resistance levels, trend structure, and risk management. Christopher produces daily written and video analysis for traders who rely on technical setups to navigate volatile market conditions

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