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Bitcoin Cash price analysis: BCH/USD bullish momentum returns, cryptocurrencies get a breather
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A hawkish Fed and a dovish ECB made the EUR/USD pair collapse toward weekly lows
What a week! Things moved in slow motion until Thursday across the FX board, but intense headlines kept coming pretty much since the week started. The dollar refused to surge despite encouraging local data, as speculative interest wanted to asses all the first-tier events before making up their minds one way or the other.
Another defeat for the UK government in the House of Lords and the reports that the US wants to impose new tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods weighs on Sterling. Where can it fall to?
The Technical Confluences Indicator shows that the area of 1.3200-13210 is an area of struggle for GBP/USD as it is the convergence of the one-month low, the one-hour low, the Pivot Point one-day Support 2, and other lines.
Should the pair lose this level, support lines are few and far between. Substantial support is only at 1.3078 which is the confluence of the Pivot Point one-week Support 2 and the potent Pivot Point one-month Support 1.
