GBP/JPY pierces 185.00 as Pound Sterling surges

The GBP/JPY is climbing on Friday, tipping into 2-month highs.
The Pound Sterling is lurching higher as market risk appetite returns.
GBP set for its best weekly performance in five months.

Joshua Gibson FXStreet

The GBP/JPY has pierced the 185.00 handle as the market heads into the final hours of the trading week, pushing into an 8-week high as broad market risk appetite finds a firm recovery.

The Japanese Yen (JPY) has been on the back foot after a dovish Bank of Japan (BoJ) recently ruined all of their own hard work in verbally defending the beleaguered JPY.

The Pound Sterling (GBP) is catching a ride up the charts, pushing towards the front of the pack to come out in front as one of the winners on Friday, rebounding firmly against the Yen despite wavering in the mid-week after the Bank of England (BoE) held rates once more.

Economic data related to the GBP/JPY remains thin heading into next week, and GBP traders will be looking ahead to next Wednesday's appearance by BoE Governor Andrew Bailey, while Yen investors will want to keep an eye out for Japan's wage figures due early Tuesday, followed by JPY Trade Balance numbers on Wednesday.

GBP/JPY Technical Outlook

The GBP/JPY caught a bounce off an intraday rising trendline drawn from last week's bottoms near 180.80, and the pair is now trading into an 8-week high near the 150.0 major handle.

Daily candlesticks have the GBP/JPY trading back into the top side of the 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) which is currently grinding sideways near the 183.00 handle, and a bullish extension will see the Guppy set for a break of 2023's highs of 186.77.

Technical support is thin on the down side, but GBP/JPY sellers will be keeping a close eye on price action pulling back towards the last major swing low into the 178.00 level in early October.

GBP/JPY Hourly Chart

GBP/JPY Daily Chart

GBP/JPY Technical Levels

GBP/JPY

Overview
Today last price	184.97
Today Daily Change	1.39
Today Daily Change %	0.76
Today daily open	183.58

Trends
Daily SMA20	182.52
Daily SMA50	182.86
Daily SMA100	182.74
Daily SMA200	174.47

Levels
Previous Daily High	183.73
Previous Daily Low	182.75
Previous Weekly High	183.75
Previous Weekly Low	181.04
Previous Monthly High	184.33
Previous Monthly Low	178.08
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	183.36
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	183.12
Daily Pivot Point S1	182.98
Daily Pivot Point S2	182.38
Daily Pivot Point S3	182
Daily Pivot Point R1	183.96
Daily Pivot Point R2	184.33
Daily Pivot Point R3	184.94

Author

Joshua Gibson

FXStreet

Joshua joins the FXStreet team as an Economics and Finance double major from Vancouver Island University with twelve years' experience as an independent trader focusing on technical analysis.

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