Daily Technical Outlook on Major - GBP/USD
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Trend Daily Chart
Sideways
Daily Indicators
Turning down
21 HR EMA
1.3010
55 HR EMA
1.3014
Trend Hourly Chart
Sideways
Hourly Indicators
Rising
13 HR RSI
57
14 HR DMI
+ve
Daily Analysis
Choppy consolidation to continue
Resistance
1.3098 - Last Fri's high
1.3045 - Mon's high
1.3034 - Y'day's high
Support
1.2974 - Hourly sup
1.2955 - Y'day's low
1.2905 - Dec 23 low
GBP/USD - 1.3019... The pound met renewed selling at 1.3002 in Asian morning and dropped to an 18-day low at 1.2955 in Europe on expectation of a BoE rate cut b4 rising to an intra-day high at 1.3034 in NY on cross-buying of stg.
On the bigger picture, despite a flash crash to 2016 31-year bottom at 1.1491 on Brexit worries, cable rally to a 21-month peak at 1.4377 in 2018 con- firms a major low has been made. Although the sharp fall to 1.2412 at the start of Jan 2019, then to a 34-month bottom of 1.1959 in Sep suggests correction has ended, sterling's subsequent rally to as high as 1.3516 in mid-Dec on easing of market woes of a hard Brexit suggests choppy trading abv 1.1491 would continue. Having said that, Dec's fall to 1.2905 signals consolidation with downside bias remains for weakness twd 1.2737 (50% r fm 1.1959). Only abv 1.3283 indicates pullback fm 1.3516 has ended n may climb back twd 1.3516 in Feb/Mar.
Today, as y'day's low was accompanied by 'bullish convergences' on the hourly indicators, subsequent rebound to 1.3034 suggests recent decline fm 1.3283 has made a temporary bottom n stronger retracement to 1.3080/85 would be seen after consolidation. Only below 1.2974 signals recovery over, 1.2955,1.2905
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