USDJPY POV - 4 WEEK OUTLOOK

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===Claude Scrape - Fundamental & Technical===

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USDJPY — 4-WEEK OUTLOOK (May 20, 2026)
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📊 BIAS: Range with downside risk skew

🔑 KEY LEVELS
Resistance: 157.92 (MOF line) → 159.00 → 160.74 (52w high)
Support: 156.00 → 154.40 → 152.00
Spot ref: ~157.85
52w range: 142.11 — 160.74

📈 FUNDAMENTAL DRIVERS
- Fed funds 3.50–3.75% | 97% hold prob (June)
- BOJ at 0.75% | gradual normalization
- Yield diff still favours USD but narrowing
- MOF actively defending 157.92
- Lev Funds −62.4K short JPY (stretched)
- Commercials +74K long JPY (accumulating)

🎯 4-WEEK SCENARIOS
Base (50%): 154.50 — 158.50 | Range chop
Bull (20%): 159.00 — 161.00 | Fed hawkish surprise
Drop (25%): 152.00 — 156.00 | MOF intervention
Trend (5%): sub-152 | BOJ hike + Fed pivot

📌 EXPECTED PATH
Tests 158.00–158.50 → MOF reacts →
snaps back to 154.50–156.00 → grinds higher
4-week range: 154.00 — 158.50, slight downside lean

🗓️ KEY CATALYSTS
May 20 — FOMC minutes
May 21 — US claims + flash PMI
May 22 — UMich inflation expectations
Late May — Tokyo CPI
Early June — NFP + AHE
Mid-June — FOMC + BOJ (highest impact window)

⚠️ RISK FLAG
Crowded short JPY + intervention live = asymmetric.
Position size matters more than direction.

Not financial advice. Positioning + technical analysis only.

Kwagga.

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