GBP/USD Price Analysis: Bulls await move beyond 200 DMA/ascending channel confluence hurdle

GBP/USD reverses an intraday dip amid the emergence of heavy selling around the USD.
Spot prices lack bullish conviction and remain below a technically significant 200-day SMA.
The said hurdle coincides with ascending channel resistance and should act as a pivot point.

Haresh Menghani FXStreet

The GBP/USD pair attracts some buying near the 1.2025 region on Monday, albeit struggles to capitalize on the modest intraday uptick. The pair seesaws between tepid gains/minor losses through the early North American session and now seems to have stabilized in neutral territory, around the 1.2060 area.

The US Dollar comes under heavy selling pressure amid rising bets for a relatively smaller Fed rate hike in December and turns out to be a key factor offering support to the GBP/USD pair. That said, the risk-off mood helps limit the downside for the safe-haven buck. Apart from this, a bleak outlook for the UK economy contributes to capping any meaningful gains for the major.

From a technical perspective, spot prices have been trending higher along an upward-sloping channel over the past two months or so. The top boundary of the said channel, currently around the 1.2170-1.2175 zone, coincides with the very important 200-day SMA. This should now act as a pivotal point, which if cleared decisively will be seen as a fresh trigger for bullish traders.

Meanwhile, oscillators on the daily chart are holding in the positive territory and are still far from being in the overbought zone, favouring bullish traders. That said, it will still be prudent to wait for a convincing breakout through the aforementioned confluence hurdle before positioning for any further appreciating move towards the 1.2270-1.2275 resistance zone.

On the flip side, the daily swing low, around the 1.2025 area, could protect the immediate downside ahead of the 1.2000 psychological mark. Any further decline is more likely to attract fresh buyers and remain limited near the 1.1965 horizontal support. Failure to defend the said support levels will make the GBP/USD pair vulnerable to weakening further below the 1.1900 mark.

The corrective decline could drag spot prices towards the next relevant support near the 1.1845-1.1840 region en route to the 1.1800 mark. Some follow-through selling will expose the 1.1730 intermediate support, the 1.1700 round figure and the 100-day SMA, currently around the 1.1650-1.1640 area.

GBP/USD daily chart

Key levels to watch

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.2062
Today Daily Change	-0.0035
Today Daily Change %	-0.29
Today daily open	1.2097

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.1706
Daily SMA50	1.1417
Daily SMA100	1.1644
Daily SMA200	1.2185

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.2128
Previous Daily Low	1.2058
Previous Weekly High	1.2154
Previous Weekly Low	1.1779
Previous Monthly High	1.1646
Previous Monthly Low	1.0924
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.2085
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.2101
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.2061
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.2025
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.1992
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.2131
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.2164
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.22

Author

Haresh Menghani

FXStreet

Haresh Menghani is a detail-oriented professional with 10+ years of extensive experience in analysing the global financial markets.

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