I don't have a lot to say, just realized there's no thread for AJ; though i think it's overvalued nowadays, in long term it may go down more than 150 pips.
Risk Aversion sets in, AUD/JPY and USD/JPY drop like rocks. AUD/JPY is more exaggerated movement because investors are cutting their longs and converting back into USD (AUD/USD therefore goes down as well; USD/JPY is propped up somewhat, ie. not as large a drop).
AUD/USD and AUD/JPY begin to gain once USD are again reinvested into the riskier assests. Short when panic sets in for a fast ride down, and take longs again when the panic resides. Too many pips to be made right now haha.
i thought of long aud/jpy and short chf/jpy but found that in the last 2 large drops the difference is still -400 pips on average so losses can be very great if realizing the loss and the interests gained is no help at all.......
Now that we're seeing lots of sub 100 prices I would expect to see the carry trade start to wind back up rather quickly if we start to see more market stability. I'm looking long around 98.20/50.