EUR/JPY Price Forecast: Gains ground to near 185.00, holding modest bullish bias above key support
- EUR/JPY edges higher to near 184.90 in Tuesday’s early European session.
- The cross keeps a modest bullish tone, but further consolidation cannot be ruled out with neutral RSI momentum.
- The first upside barrier emerges at 185.90; the initial support level to watch is 184.85.
The EUR/JPY cross trades in positive territory around 184.90 during the early European trading hours on Tuesday. The Japanese Yen (JPY) edges lower against the Euro (EUR) after reports that Japanese officials had no imminent plans to change the asset allocations of their state pension funds, tempering expectations of near-term support for domestic assets.
Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Tuesday that the government may consider a pension asset allocation tweak if the environment changes. Traders remain on alert for possible intervention from Japanese authorities.
Technical Analysis:
In the daily chart, EUR/JPY holds above the 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) and the Bollinger Bands’ 20-period middle line, which together underpin a modest bullish bias. Price is also well above the lower Bollinger band, while the upper band at 185.89 caps the immediate topside. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) at 49.62 sits close to neutral, hinting at a consolidative tone with a slight upward tilt rather than strong directional momentum.
On the topside, initial resistance emerges at the upper Bollinger band around 185.90, where a clear break would open the way for the June 17 high of 186.32, en route to the April 29 high of 187.42.
On the downside, nearby support is seen at the 100-day SMA at 184.85, followed by the Bollinger middle band at 184.75, with the lower band down at 183.65 acting as a more distant structural floor should corrective pressure deepen.
(The technical analysis of this story was written with the help of an AI tool. Know more.)
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