Japan just changed the rules of currency intervention
They spent $73 BILLION defending the yen. It didn't work. Now the Ministry of Finance is abandoning its old playbook and switching to "ambush" tactics — no warnings, no line in the sand, just silence before the strike.
USD/JPY daily · The intervention candlesticks failed to hold — the yen kept weakening
If you trade USD/JPY, you need to understand:
- ■How rate checks actually work (and when they're a bluff)
- ■The 5-step BOJ intervention checklist (BofA says it's "nearly complete")
- ■Why $73B bought less than 6 weeks of relief
- ■The 3 catalysts that force Tokyo's hand
- ■The last 3 interventions — and what they tell us about what's coming
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