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GBP/USD Technical Analysis: Cycling near 1.2770 ahead of UK earnings, unemployment

  • The Sterling is on hold near 1.2770 as GBP traders await the UK's latest earnings report and employment rate numbers.
  • After a hard sell-off bidders have managed to keep further declines contained above last week's bottom, a major low for the GBP/USD, but upwards momentum remains limited.
  • Brexit headlines will continue to be a sticking point as UK-EU negotiations are set to resume soon.

GBP/USD Chart, 15-Minute

Spot rate:1.2772
Relative change: Negligible
High:1.2775
Low:1.2748
  
Trend:Sideways to bullish
  
Support 1: 1.2748 (current day low)
Support 2:1.2722 (previous week low; major technical bottom)
Support 3:1.2662 (S2 daily pivot)
  
Resistance 1:1.2790 (current day high)
Resistance 2:1.2894 (38.2% Fibo retracement level)
Resistance 3:1.3172 (two-week high)

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Joshua joins the FXStreet team as an Economics and Finance double major from Vancouver Island University with twelve years' experience as an independent trader focusing on technical analysis.

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