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EUR/GBP Price Analysis: Faces solid resistance around 0.8770s, falls to 0.8720

  • EUR/GBP drops below the 20-day as buyers’ momentum abate.
  • The Relative Strength Index (RSI) pierced the 50-midline but is almost flat.
  • The EUR/GBP 4-hour chart portrays a rising-wedge formed, targeting a fall towards 0.8600.

The EUR/GBP bounces off Tuesday’s close price and is edging higher, though solid resistance at around the 20-day EMA at 0.8768 put a lid on the cross-currency uptrend, retreating just below Tuesday’s high. However, the EUR/GBP remains positive, trading at 0.8726, above its opening price by 0.31%.

EUR/GBP Price Analysis: Technical outlook

During the last seven days, the pair’s volatility increased after the UK’s tax cut budget. Nevertheless, once the government backpedaled, the EUR/GBP tumbled from around 0.9277 to 0.8647 before recovering some ground. Given that the cross-currency pair dropped below the 20-day EMA and has been unable to crack it, the EUR/GBP is neutral bias. Additionally, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) entered the bearish territory but so far recovered and pierced the 50 mid-line. Nevertheless, price action’s failure to hold to gains above the 20-day EMA shows buyers might be losing momentum.

Short term, the EUR/GBP 4-hour chart depicts a rising-wedge formation, opening the door for further losses. If the EUR/GBP breaks below the bottom-trendline of the wedge, it could pave the way for further losses.

Therefore, the EUR/GBP first support would be the daily pivot at 0.8699. Once cleared, the next support would be the 200-EMA at 0.8679, followed by the S1 daily pivot at 0.8650, followed by the S2 daily pivot at 0.8600.

EUR/GBP Key Technical Levels

EUR/GBP

Overview
Today last price0.8724
Today Daily Change0.0022
Today Daily Change %0.25
Today daily open0.8702
 
Trends
Daily SMA200.8764
Daily SMA500.8587
Daily SMA1000.8561
Daily SMA2000.847
 
Levels
Previous Daily High0.8745
Previous Daily Low0.8649
Previous Weekly High0.9254
Previous Weekly Low0.8752
Previous Monthly High0.9254
Previous Monthly Low0.8566
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%0.8708
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%0.8686
Daily Pivot Point S10.8653
Daily Pivot Point S20.8603
Daily Pivot Point S30.8557
Daily Pivot Point R10.8748
Daily Pivot Point R20.8795
Daily Pivot Point R30.8844

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Christian Borjon Valencia

Markets analyst, news editor, and trading instructor with over 14 years of experience across FX, commodities, US equity indices, and global macro markets.

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