CAD/JPY Bulls Seem Shrugging-Off Gravestone & Hanging Man

CADJPY’s consolidation phase in the major trend has been robust (refer weekly chart), while minor trend has been spiking through uptrend line (refer daily chart). 

Bulls have tested uptrend line support with hammer and bullish engulfing patterns, consequently, bounced back above 7 & 21-DMAs with bullish crossovers in the minor trend of this pair. 

As bears attempt to nudge below as gravestone doji and hanging man patterns evidence failure swings at the stiff resistance zone, the minor trend still appears to be edgy on the overbought pressures and the failure swings were observed at this juncture.

While there is no change in our long-term outlook, the major downtrend remains intact. On a broader perspective, the major downtrend of this pair which has been in the consolidation phase since December 2015 has now been signalling weakness again upon the downtrend line formation and head & shoulder pattern (refer monthly plotting).

Head at 91.638, left shoulder at 88.922 and right shoulder at 87.851 levels. Shooting star pattern pops-up at that juncture hampers previous bullish momentum on this timeframe. 

Ever since the formations of shooting star and bearish engulfing patterns at 84.120 and 82.819 levels respectively on monthly plotting, we witnessed steep slumps thereafter. Overall, the major trend seems to be weaker both momentum oscillators (RSI & Stochastic curves) and bearish EMA & MACD crossovers are in bears’ favor.

Trade tips: Well, upon above technical rationale we recommend trading this pair via boundary options using upper strikes at 84.569 and lower strikes at 83.977 levels. One can derive certain yields as long as the underlying spot FX remains between these two strikes on expiration.

Alternatively, ahead of BoJ and BoC monetary policies that are scheduled for this week, we advocate, at spot reference: 84.122 levels, shorting futures contracts of mid-month tenors on hedging grounds, as the underlying spot FX likely to target southwards 78 levels in the medium terms. Writers in a futures contract are expected to maintain margins in order to open and maintain a short futures position.