GBP/USD Price Analysis: Teasing a falling wedge breakout, focus on NFP, Friday’s close

GBP/USD has dived out of a falling wedge on the daily chart.
Friday’s daily closing eyed for the pattern confirmation.
US NFP data could offer fresh direction on the cable pair.

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

GBP/USD consolidates the recent recovery gains well above the 1.3800 mark, as the bulls catch a breather ahead of the critical US Nonfarm Payrolls release.

At the time of writing, the cable adds 0.06% on the day, trading at 1.3836, having failed to resist above the 1.3850 level.

From a near-term technical perspective, the spot is on the verge of a falling wedge breakout on the daily chart.

However, daily closing above the falling trendline resistance at 1.3843 is needed to validate an upside break. That level is the strong resistance now support of the 21 and 50-daily moving averages (DMA).

Acceptance above the latter could call for a test of the measured target at 1.4407.

Ahead of that several bumps could come in the way, with the 1.4000 round figure to offer stiff resistance.

The relative strength index (RSI) trades flat but just above the midline, allowing room for more upside.

GBP/USD: Daily chart

On the flip side, immediate support is envisioned at 1.3800, below which Thursday’s low of 1.3745 could be retested.

The next crucial support around 1.3650 is the last line of defense for the GBP bulls. At that level, the 100-DMA coincides with the falling trendline support.

GBP/USD: Additional levels

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.3835
Today Daily Change	0.0001
Today Daily Change %	0.01
Today daily open	1.3834

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.3845
Daily SMA50	1.3843
Daily SMA100	1.3653
Daily SMA200	1.3292

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.3837
Previous Daily Low	1.3746
Previous Weekly High	1.3877
Previous Weekly Low	1.3671
Previous Monthly High	1.4017
Previous Monthly Low	1.3671
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.3802
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.3781
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.3774
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.3715
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.3683
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.3865
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.3896
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.3956

Author

Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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