Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD revealed medium-term channel
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GBP/USD analysis: Revealed medium-term channel
Yesterday, the GBP/USD exchange rate revealed corrected medium-term descending channel. During Friday morning, the rate was testing the 55-hour SMA near 1.2460.
From a theoretical point of view, it is likely that some downside potential could prevail in the market. In this case the currency pair could decline to the psychological level at 1.2350. Read More...
GBP/USD: Nudging into OBOS territory – FXStreet Signals
Since the June 10th high, the GBP/USD has been swinging along descending channel lines, proving opportunity to buy and sell these boundaries in combination with overbought and oversold conditions.
The general expectation we have is for a short-term dip into the 1.2405 area, which could flip polarity to become support. If broken, an intermediate line could defend further downside (currently at 1.2320 and descending). Prices have to drop with some momentum towards these areas to ignite a reaction to be traded upon, otherwise, a dull descending structure will do more damage and we would have to wait for a dip all way down to the 1.2200 area. Read More...
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