Masayuki Sakamoto / Blog
Bank of Canada Rate Decision — 28 October Decision The Bank of Canada raised its policy rate by 25 basis points to 2.50%. The bank rate is now 2.75%, and the deposit rate is 2.45%. Background Inflation: CPI is running at around 3% and is expected to rise to about 3.5% by year-end...
Market Outlook 28 October 2026 Focus on the FOMC and UK Budget; Dollar Rally Pauses, While the NZ Dollar and Pound Remain Under Pressure Market Overview The dollar is holding near recent highs ahead of tonight’s FOMC decision, although its upward momentum has eased for now...
Technical Analysis — October 27, 2026 Overview Today’s key themes are the improvement in the Australian and New Zealand dollars, weakness in the euro on higher timeframes, and strong buying across all timeframes in the DAX and copper. USD/CHF and AUD/USD are strongly bullish across all timeframes...
Today’s Market Outlook October 27, 2026 Dollar Buying Broadens, Lifting USD/JPY into the Upper 157s; Caution Ahead of the FOMC Market Overview Dollar buying is dominant today as last week’s risk aversion eases. Buying in AI-related stocks has helped temper yen strength, and USD/JPY climbed to 157...
Technical Analysis — October 26, 2026 Overview Today’s key themes are the rebound in USD/JPY and the yen crosses, improvement in European equities, and weakness in U.S. equities and the Nikkei. USD/JPY has improved to strongly bullish on the 5-minute, 15-minute and hourly charts...
Today’s Market Outlook October 26, 2026 USD/JPY Rebounds Ahead of Policy Meetings; Watch Resistance in the Mid-157s Market Overview The week has begun with cautious trading as markets look ahead to a series of central bank meetings and major U.S. data releases later this week...
−67,269 USD — USD/JPY Falls Despite a Firm Dollar: Policy Meetings Will Shape the Next Move from the 156s Trading results: October 19–23, 2026 Weekly total: −67,269 USD Weekly Review This week showed that a firm dollar alone was not enough to justify buying USD/JPY . USD/JPY climbed to 158...
Technical Analysis — October 23, 2026 Overview Today’s key themes are the continued shift toward yen strength, deterioration in European equities and some major U.S. indices, and strength in crude oil. USD/JPY is strongly bearish across all timeframes...
Today’s Options Overview October 23, 2026 Spot Rates EUR/USD: 1.1210 USD/JPY: 156.87 GBP/USD: 1.3388 USD/CHF: 0.8214 USD/CAD: 1.4010 AUD/USD: 0.7006 NZD/USD: 0.5691 EUR/GBP: 0.8371 Today — October 23 EUR/USD 1.1125: €531 million 1.1150: €556 million 1.1175: €615 million 1.1200: €755 million 1...