GBP/USD Price Analysis: Remains depressed below 1.2800, bullish potential seems intact

GBP/USD ticks lower on Thursday amid the emergence of some USD buying.
The divergent BoE-Fed policy expectations should limit any meaningful slide.
Any further decline might find support near the 1.2750 resistance breakpoint.

Haresh Menghani FXStreet

The GBP/USD pair continues with its struggle to gain any meaningful traction and extends its consolidative price move around the 1.2800 mark for the second successive day on Thursday. The setup, meanwhile, seems tilted in favour of bullish traders and warrants some caution before positioning for an extension of the recent pullback from the vicinity of the 1.2900 round figure, or the highest level since July 2023 touched last week.

The British Pound (GBP) might continue to draw support from expectations that the Bank of England (BoE) might keep interest rates higher for longer. In contrast, investors seem convinced that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will start cutting interest rates at the June policy meeting. This, along with the underlying strong bullish sentiment around the global equity markets, should cap the upside for the safe-haven Greenback and act as a tailwind for the GBP/USD pair.

Even from a technical perspective, the recent breakout through the 1.2750 horizontal barrier validates the near-term positive outlook. Adding to this, oscillators on the daily chart – though have eased from higher levels – are holding comfortably in the bullish territory and suggest that the path of least resistance for the GBP/USD pair is to the upside. Hence, any further decline might continue to attract some buyers near the 1.2750 resistance breakpoint.

The said area should act as a key pivotal point, which if broken decisively could drag the GBP/USD pair below the 1.2700 mark, towards testing the 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) support near the 1.2680 zone. Some follow-through selling might expose the 1.2600 confluence, comprising the 100- and the very important 200-day SMAs. The subsequent slide could turn spot prices vulnerable to retest the YTD low, around the 1.2520-1.2515 region touched in February.

On the flip side, any meaningful positive move beyond the 1.2800 mark is likely to confront some resistance near the weekly swing high, around the 1.2850-1.2860 region. A sustained strength beyond should allow the GBP/USD pair to make a fresh attempt towards conquering the 1.2900 round figure. Some follow-through buying will be seen as a fresh trigger for bulls and lift spot prices to the 1.2940-1.2945 intermediate hurdle en route to the 1.3000 psychological mark.

GBP/USD daily chart

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.279
Today Daily Change	-0.0007
Today Daily Change %	-0.05
Today daily open	1.2797

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.2694
Daily SMA50	1.2684
Daily SMA100	1.2602
Daily SMA200	1.259

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.2812
Previous Daily Low	1.2775
Previous Weekly High	1.2894
Previous Weekly Low	1.2652
Previous Monthly High	1.2773
Previous Monthly Low	1.2518
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.2797
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.2789
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.2777
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.2758
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.2741
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.2814
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.2831
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.2851

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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