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GBP/USD Technical Analysis: Bulls showing resilience below 1.3200 handle ahead of UK macro data/meaningful vote

   •  The pair witnessed a modest intraday pull-back from 1-1/2 week tops, with bears now eyeing a follow-through weakness below 1.3200 handle or 23.6% Fibo. level of the upsurge over the past 24-hours.

   •  Highly oversold conditions on the 1-hourly chart turned out to be one of the key factors prompting some profit-taking ahead of the highly anticipated UK parliament vote on the PM May's Brexit deal.

   •  Today’s UK macro releases – monthly GDP growth figures and manufacturing/industrial production data, seems unlikely to be a game changer but might still produce some short-term trading opportunities.

   •  Meanwhile, any subsequent decline is likely to find decent support near the 1.3160 confluence region – comprising of 200-hour SMA and 38.2% Fibo. level, and should help limit deeper losses. 

   •  On the flip side, the 1.3245-50 region, followed by the 1.3285-90 zone now seems to act as an immediate hurdle, which if cleared might extend the momentum towards multi-month tops, around mid-1.3300s.

GBP/USD 1-hourly chart

GBP/USD

Overview:
    Today Last Price: 1.3204
    Today Daily change: 52 pips
    Today Daily change %: 0.40%
    Today Daily Open: 1.3152
Trends:
    Daily SMA20: 1.3073
    Daily SMA50: 1.298
    Daily SMA100: 1.2884
    Daily SMA200: 1.2986
Levels:
    Previous Daily High: 1.3171
    Previous Daily Low: 1.296
    Previous Weekly High: 1.3269
    Previous Weekly Low: 1.299
    Previous Monthly High: 1.3351
    Previous Monthly Low: 1.2773
    Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 1.309
    Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 1.3041
    Daily Pivot Point S1: 1.3018
    Daily Pivot Point S2: 1.2884
    Daily Pivot Point S3: 1.2807
    Daily Pivot Point R1: 1.3229
    Daily Pivot Point R2: 1.3305
    Daily Pivot Point R3: 1.344

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Haresh Menghani

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

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