Looking at the USD/JPY daily chart we can see a nice channel guiding price upwards: Price currently trading around the pivot, contained within S1 and R1: Ichimoku chart looks bullish -trading above the Kumo and following the bullish Tenkan/Kijun crossover:
notice the crossovers... risk/reward... <a href="http://content.screencast.com/media/13da521d-136a-4c89-ab37-7af08a5fc585_e4e7210a-d70e-4e9a-b1ea-ac06782ba068_static_0_0_06162008-123440.jpg"><img src="http://content.screencast.com/media/13da521d-136a-4c89-ab37-7af08a5fc585_e4e7210a-d70e-4e9a-b1ea-ac06782ba068_static_0_0_06162008-123440.jpg" width="1919" height="1089" border="0" /></a>
Midterm bullish, yes. But I expect a fall to 107 this week. Current is 108.10. PS. Guys, are u apt @ cuttin photos u unsert?! Too big for my screen.
2hr chart..price needs to hold here on the major fork support line. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=rldgd4&s=3
To the OP: Though your charting was sound, I'm sure, your analysis was incorrect. You always have to weigh fundamentals against any technical analysis.