Why USD/JPY Could Continue to Fall
January 27th, 2010 admin

Last Friday, the CFTC released their weekly report of futures positioning. According to the data, which was as of last Tuesday, short positions in the Japanese Yen hit the highest levels since August 2008. At that time, the Yen weakened significantly and soon after a short squeeze pushed the currency sharply higher against the U.S. dollar. The following chart illustrates the strong relationship between Yen positions and the JPY/USD (the inverse of USD/JPY). Right now the Yen is rising against the dollar despite the fact that traders are substantially short…
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