Nikkei 225 Wave Analysis – 5 January 2026

Nikkei 225: ⬆️ Buy

– Nikkei 225 broke resistance level 51160.00

– Likely to rise to resistance level 52860.00

Nikkei 225 index recently broke above the resistance level 51160.00, which is the upper border of the sideways price range inside which the index has been moving from November.

The breakout of the resistance level 51160.00 accelerated the active impulse wave 3 – which belongs to the higher order impulse wave (5).

Given the strong daily uptrend, Nikkei 225 index can be expected to rise to the next resistance level 52860.00 (monthly high from November and the target for the completion of the active impulse wave 3).