I believe wall of worry is the right term here. Everyone is terrified that it will go up (and thus be shorted), and everyone is terrified that it will come down (BOJ intervention). We are in some hostage situation here which will need to be resolved ...

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skyrocket i think he meant for that moment, which is what it did (intraday terms). :-)) was a good predicition i thought, and very timely.

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very nice posts as usual. very very helpful.

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wow, this is a truly amazing post, because fun started 5 minutes after you wrote this. Keep posting :-)

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I obviously have a lot to learn. But never mind me ... look ... it's trying to go higher again :-)

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ok...i muddled up your futures graph ... your lower low is is corresponding to higher high. funny. how well do futures correlate with "the actual future" with this pair in your experience?

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This may be a chat group ... but serious money is at stake!

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We didn't break yesterday's low (from Europe and Japan perspective). Bid was 76.266 at 03:50 Central European Time on September 27 on 5 minute Oanda chart..

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these are inklings and green shoots ... LOL ... but plant can keel over and die anytime.

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... something is up :-)

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thanks for these nice posts Alorente. I did one clever thing ... a I sold my position yesterday and bought same number of units back about 20 pips lower ... so scalped a little cash, but I'm always hesitant to do that since you might have to then ...

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I'm managing my expectations. All we need today is a higher low than yesterday .... and I'll be happy. That's not asking much, I hope. :-))

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I'm still all in. I still don't believe this is going higher, which could mean ... hahaha ))

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another possibility is that USD/JPY will go up ... not as a nice white bar etc etc, but rather climbing the wall of fear. Today's price action looks looks a bit like climbing the wall of fear. As long as it hold, with higher highs over at least a ...

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I know exactly what you mean. This is a twisted game. I am just learning. Every day I am learning. When I'm successful, I'll let you know :-)) At this moment I am up significantly (avg price 76.37 with lots of leverage) ... but I don't know if I ...

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I'm telling, when you feel like this, and you really believe this (like I do), this is exactly when it does the opposite. We are also part of the "mass psychology" which the big bank / elites computers have figured out. It is a bizarre world. Don't ...

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by the way, I live in Switzerland, and just before the Swiss bank intervened, a lot of people I know (i.e. retail) were buying Euros and selling their Francs. In the short timeframe, some did well, and some did not, as it always comes down to timing ...

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I love the way the article says the "experts" have stepped in to "warn" the public etc. etc. There's another article out there saying that "Mrs. Wanatabe" (i.e. the Japanese housewife who buys dollars) will force the hand of BOJ if the Yen ...

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I'm not feeling hopeful this bounce will stick....usually a contrarian signal (meaning it will stick).

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