On 2026-07-09, USD/JPY closed at 162.539, up 0.11% on the day. It trades at 98.3% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 67.86 is in the 91st percentile of its history since 1996, and its 20-day return of +1.25% in the 67th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net -22.6% of open interest, in the 25th percentile of its own two-year range.
=== USD/JPY (pip 0.01) ===
>> close 162.539 +0.108% · 52wk position 98.3% of range (52wk)
cross-signal: flow signals align USD/JPY up: 20d return, daily %
price & change (as of 2026-07-09, prior 2026-07-08)
close 162.539
change +0.176 (+0.108%, +17.6 pips)
gap +0.147 (+14.7 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-09)
range 0.318 (31.8 pips)
close pos 91.8% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-09)
20d MA 161.478 price above by +0.66%
50d MA 159.810 price above by +1.71%
200d MA 156.938 price above by +3.57%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 50d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-07-09)
20d stdev 0.241% daily ≈ 3.8% annualized (×√252) (2nd pct of own history, since 1996 (7669 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.41× (0.241% vs 0.595% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-09)
ATR(14) 0.731 (73.1 pips)
ATR% 0.45% (1st pct of own history, since 1996 (7675 obs))
range/ATR 43.5%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-09)
high 162.836 (-0.18% from high)
low 145.856 (+11.44% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-09)
RSI(14) 67.86 (91st pct of own history, since 1996 (7675 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-09)
5d return +0.00%
20d return +1.25%
60d return +2.35%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 0.8804% (from 1996-10-30)
ZIRP-2009 0.6396%
tightening-2015 0.5829%
ZIRP-2019 0.4159%
tightening-2022 0.6795%
easing-2024 0.5952%
positioning (as of 2026-07-07)
next COT as of 2026-07-14 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net -90,083 contracts (net short JPY; = long USD in USD/JPY terms)
net % OI -22.6%
net%OI range -33.5% … +10.5% (own 132w)
w/w change +25,317
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-07-09)
vs DXY +0.54
vs S&P 500 -0.11
vs DXY beta +0.76 (26w)