when the BoJ are purchasing / selling the Yen, my advice is to stay the hell out
of the market. they announce their intentions of entering the markets but not sure
if the time they do so is known in advance - don't follow the Yen so don't know
I presume the spike was another BoJ intervention and have used a Daily to give
some perspective on what the usdjpy had been doing, and it also illustrates the
previous BoJ intervention and the reaction at that time
the volume of the Yen futures contract on Aug 3 was 3 times the daily average
but I don't have V info for the previous Mar 16 intervention
since the price had risen again during the preceeding 4 months to the previous
record H - L for usdjpy, it's not surprising the BoJ would intervene, but this time
it's possible traders had begun Buying in anticipation of an intervention - see:
'The Bank Of Japan Is Coming!!! (Or, Most Likely, Not)' by Tyler Durden - 8/01/11
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/bank-japan-coming-or-most-likely-not
and
'USDJPY Hits 79.98, BOJ Intervention Expected' by Tyler Durden - 03/16/11
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/usdjpy-hits-7998-boj-intervention-expected
I'll revise my comment: advance warning of an intervention can mean a Very
profitable trade
OTCkrak:
1: the price has been declining/rising - spot/futures for Years
http://www.barchart.com/chart.php?sym=J6U11&t=BAR&size=M&v=2&g=1&p=MN&d=X&qb=1&style=technical
2: in addition to the Fibonacci Retracement tool - illustrated - learn to use the
Fibonacci Expansion tool
3: the last LL on the Daily
4: Huge - Bet The Bank
5: as low/high as you can Buy/Sell it
6: Of Course. All timeframes should be analyzed in addition to the chart tf being
used to trade from
7: killer instinct
8: yes. statement from the BoJ they're going to intervene
9: trumpet to blow after closing the trade