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GBPUSD: Remains very choppy and is probably best left alone right now

Jim Langlands FX Charts

GBPUSD: 1.4188

Sterling had a choppy session, falling to 1.4121 after EU officials rejected the City of London’s Brexit blueprint for banks before rallying strongly into the London month-end fix, reaching 1.4213 and then ending the day at 1.4190.

1 hour/4 hour indicators: Turning higher

Daily Indicators: Up – Possible topping formation.

Weekly Indicators: Up

Preferred Strategy: Cable remains very choppy and is probably best left alone right now. It would seem to be roughly in a range of 1.4000/1.4300 so look to trade that, or possibly 1.4100/1.4250, with a tight 50 point stop placed either side.

Resistance		Support
1.4300	Minor	1.4122	Session low
1.4287	26 Jan high	1.4090	200 HMA
1.4232	Session high	1.4035	(23.6% of 1.3039/1.4344)
1.4200	Minor	1.4000	Minor

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Jim Langlands

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Jim Langlands began his trading career in the commodities markets in London in 1976, before moving to Australia in 1979 to work as a floor trader on the Sydney Futures Exchange.

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GBPUSD: Remains very choppy and is probably best left alone right now

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