Analysis for August 19th, 2014

GBPUSD, “Great Britain Pound vs US Dollar”

GBPUSD, Time Frame H4. Tenkan-Sen and Kijun-Sen are very close to each other below Kumo and still influenced by “Dead Cross”; all lines are directed downwards. Ichimoku Cloud is still going down, Chinkou Lagging Span is below the chart, and the price rebounded from the resistance from D Tenkan-Sen downwards. Short‑term forecast: we can expect decline of the price and attempts of a correction inside Kumo.

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GBPUSD, Time Frame H1. Tenkan-Sen and Kijun-Sen, as well as Senkou Spans A and B, are very close to each other below Kumo (1); all lines are directed downwards. Ichimoku Cloud is closed (2), and Chinkou Lagging Span is below the chart. Short‑term forecast: we can expect an ascending correction, although considering such impulse, the price is unlikely to be able form “return of the price to the cloud’s border after breaking it” pattern.

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XAUUSD, “Gold vs US Dollar”

XAUUSD, Time Frame H4. Tenkan-Sen and Kijun-Sen are still influenced by “Dead Cross” (1). Ichimoku Cloud is closed (2), Chinkou Lagging Span is below the chart, and the price is near Kumo’s lower border. Short-term forecast: we can expect a steady resistance from D Kijun-Sen and H4 Senkou Span B, and the movement of the price inside D Kumo towards its lower border.

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