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USDJPY· 1H157.99
Sellers' stops above158.34+0.22%
Buyers' stops below157.69−0.19%

Where the model places likely stop concentration — context, not price targets. In our tests a stop on these levels was hit no more often than one the same distance away. These are yesterday's — live levels move with price.

USDJPY liquidation heatmap right now

Modeled from candles through 16 Oct 2026, 20:00 UTC

With USD/JPY Forex Pair trading around 157.99, the Ampeld engine puts the upper edge of the modeled stop-loss band at 158.54 (+0.35% from price) and the lower edge at 157.64 (-0.22%). These are where the model places the densest stop concentration — a reference for checking your own stop, not a level price is expected to reach.

Stop band, upper edge158.54+0.35%
Stop band, lower edge157.64-0.22%
Nearest order block above158.34unmitigated
Nearest order block below157.69unmitigated

Forced-exit ladder — by leverage tier

Above 158.34

  1. 159.13200x
  2. 159.92100x
  3. 161.5150x
  4. 164.6725x
  5. 174.1710x

Below 157.69

  1. 156.90200x
  2. 156.11100x
  3. 154.5350x
  4. 151.3825x
  5. 141.9210x

The 1H model currently tracks 10 unmitigated fair value gaps on USDJPY, alongside 20 open daily and 16 open weekly high-timeframe levels. The model's estimated effective spread, used as the buffer around each level, is 0.008% of price.

These figures are on the free 24-hour delay. Live levels update continuously down to 5-minute candles.

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USDJPY Liquidation Heatmap — Where the Stops Sit

Asset: USD/JPY Forex PairCategory: Forex Currency PairPrecision: Dynamic ATR Decay

USDJPY activity changes across the Asian, London, and New York sessions. Ampeld models stop concentration from OHLCV because spot forex has no consolidated public stop-order book.

Reading USDJPY: Compare the USDJPY bands with session highs and lows before placing a stop. They show modeled crowding, not where price is expected to go.

The engine treats USDJPY the same way it treats every instrument: stop-loss concentration bands from volatility and position decay, order blocks and fair value gaps from candle structure, and daily and weekly levels. What differs between instruments is the volatility and the session rhythm, which is what the numbers above reflect.

Size a position for your stop: once you know where your USDJPY stop goes, the free USDJPY position size calculator turns account size, risk and stop distance into lots, margin and risk/reward. It draws the same modelled stop concentration on its chart as a reference for checking your stop, runs in your browser and needs no account.

Teach or write about USDJPY? Embed this chart on your site for free - one line of code, redrawn every 10 minutes (24-hour delay).

Placing a stop here? Read why price keeps hitting your stop and how to size a stop from volatility. Wondering whether these levels work? We measured ours and published the full method. Background: what a liquidation heatmap is, how CVD works.

Do EMA, MACD, RSI and Stochastic work on USDJPY?

Every signal the four most-used indicators gave on the USD/JPY Forex Pair chart, checked against what price did next. A signal is a win (W) if price moved 1 ATR its way before 1 ATR against, within 48 bars. Across our 41 markets we checked 21,566 hourly signals: each of these indicators wins 49–51% of the time. Here is how they have done on USDJPY.

1H chart · last 42 days · 24h delay

EMA 9/21 cross
17 W19 L47% win rate
WLLWWLLWLWLWLWWLLLLL

Now: 5 losses in a row · longest 3 wins, 5 losses

Could be luck — chance alone gives 34–66% over 36 signals

A run does not make the next signal likelier to win — we checked 15,192 signals.

MACD cross
35 W29 L55% win rate
LWWWWWWWWLLWWLLLLLLW

Now: 1 win in a row · longest 8 wins, 6 losses

Could be luck — chance alone gives 38–62% over 64 signals

A run does not make the next signal likelier to win — we checked 15,192 signals.

RSI 30/70 reversal
11 W3 L79% win rate
WWWWLWWWLWWWWL

Now: 1 loss in a row · longest 4 wins, 1 loss

Above the luck band (24–76% over 14 signals) — 1 test in 40 lands here by chance alone

A run does not make the next signal likelier to win — we checked 15,192 signals.

Stochastic 14/3/3 cross
28 W19 L60% win rate
LLLWLWWWWWLWWWLWLWLW

Now: 1 win in a row · longest 5 wins, 4 losses

Could be luck — chance alone gives 36–64% over 47 signals

A run does not make the next signal likelier to win — we checked 15,192 signals.

A run tells you what just happened, not what comes next: across 15,192 signals on 41 markets, after one to five losses in a row the next signal won 41–56% of the time — no better than any other. Past signals, not a forecast.

See every signal on the USDJPY chart →

Paying for a signal channel? A win rate means little without its take-profit and stop distances: check it against random gold entries →

❓ Frequently Asked Questions (USDJPY FAQ)

How do you read the USDJPY liquidation heatmap?

High-density colour clusters mark where the model places retail stop-loss and margin-call concentration. On USDJPY right now, with price around 157.99, that band runs from 157.64 to 158.54. Read those as a reference for where other traders' stops may sit, not as targets — we measured our levels against a control: price reaches them no more often than a point the same distance away, and they do not predict which way price moves.

What is Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) for USDJPY?

Cumulative Volume Delta estimates the net buy versus sell pressure behind USDJPY from its price and volume. Divergences between price direction and modelled CVD can flag absorption and exhaustion, which is context rather than a signal.

Where should I put my stop when trading USDJPY?

Size the stop from USDJPY's own volatility first: in our tests, a stop's distance in ATR set how often it was hit, and an obvious swing low, round number or fair value gap was reached no more often than any other point the same distance away. The engine is currently tracking 10 unmitigated fair value gaps on USDJPY alongside the cluster bands, as context rather than as levels to trade.

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