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    • « EURUSD - New Month, Still Hanging In | Home | Keeping Your Finger on the Pulse of the Market »

    USD/JPY Volatility Yet to Reach Its Peak

    By DailyFX Updates | August 1, 2007

    Think things are bad now?  They have been worse.

    Antonio Sousa, our Currency Analyst shared this chart with me.  According to his analysis:

    “The recent spike in volatility is comparable to the one we had on Feb 27th
    but is still very small when compared with the levels seen in Q1 of 2006″

    usdjpy vol


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    2 Responses to “USD/JPY Volatility Yet to Reach Its Peak”

    1. Neel Bhuta Says:
      August 2nd, 2007 at 9:10 am

      so the question then becomes: is the current market more like this past February or more like the first quarter of 2006?

    2. Forex News » Unraveling of the Carry Trade Says:
      August 2nd, 2007 at 10:16 am

      […] (VIX) hit a yearly high yesterday, and greater volatility is a death knell for the carry trade.  Kathy Lien of FXCM posts a two-year chart of USDJPY that will not provide comfort for yen bears.  The interesting […]

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