{"id":437140,"date":"2026-08-28T23:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/usdjpy-jumps-above-its-100-day-ma-and-makes-a-break-for-it-437140\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T23:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:49:02","slug":"usdjpy-jumps-above-its-100-day-ma-and-makes-a-break-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/usdjpy-jumps-above-its-100-day-ma-and-makes-a-break-for-it-437140\/","title":{"rendered":"USDJPY jumps above its 100 day MA and makes a break for it."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\">The USDJPY has extended higher, breaking above its 100-day moving average at 159.994 and the natural resistance at 160.00. The high price has reached 160.15 as buyers maintain firm control.<\/p>\n<p>The move has been supported by hawkish comments from Fed Chair Powell and a sharp rise in U.S. yields. The two-year yield is up nearly 11 basis points at 4.34%, while the 10-year yield is higher by 5.2 basis points at 4.724%. Higher yields are helping to strengthen the dollar against the yen.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, today\u2019s advance also took the price above two other important resistance levels:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nThe 50% retracement of the decline from the 40-year high of 163.98 at 159.599\n<\/li>\n<li>\nThe August corrective high off the 2026 low at 159.23\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Breaking those levels\u2014and now the 100-day moving average and 160.00\u2014keeps the buyers firmly in control.<\/p>\n<p>The next upside targets come at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n160.446: July 3 low\n<\/li>\n<li>\n160.634: 61.8% retracement of the decline from 163.98\n<\/li>\n<li>\n160.864: Corrective high following the initial intervention-led decline\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That creates a concentrated resistance area between 160.446 and 160.864. A break above that cluster would further strengthen the bullish bias and open the door toward the 2026 high at 163.98.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the 100-day moving average at 159.994 and the 160.00 level become the key short-term barometer. Stay above, and the buyers remain in control. Move back below, and the breakout would begin to lose some of its technical appeal.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USDJPY has extended higher, breaking above its 100-day moving average at 159.994 and the natural resistance at 160.00. The high price has reached 160.15 as buyers maintain firm control. The move&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}