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GBP/USD technical analysis: Hammered down to 4-1/2 lows, vulnerable to test 1.2600 mark

   •  The selling pressure around the British Pound picked up the pace during the early European session on Wednesday and dragged the GBP/USD pair to over four-month lows in the last hour.

   •  Despite May's new Brexit deal, the growing market conviction that she won't gather the needed votes to succeed continued denting the already weaker sentiment and kept exerting pressure.

The bearish slide has now dragged the pair below mid-Jan. swing lows support near the 1.2670-65 region and despite near-term oversold conditions, the downward trajectory could further get extended towards challenging the 1.2600 round figure mark.

Alternatively, any recovery back above the 1.2700 handle might trigger some short-covering bounce but might still be seen as a selling opportunity near the 1.2770 region – marking 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level of the 1.2396-1.3381 up-move.

GBP/USD daily chart

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price1.2666
Today Daily Change-0.0040
Today Daily Change %-0.31
Today daily open1.2706
 
Trends
Daily SMA201.2939
Daily SMA501.3046
Daily SMA1001.3016
Daily SMA2001.2958
Levels
Previous Daily High1.2815
Previous Daily Low1.2685
Previous Weekly High1.3042
Previous Weekly Low1.2711
Previous Monthly High1.3196
Previous Monthly Low1.2865
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1.2735
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1.2765
Daily Pivot Point S11.2656
Daily Pivot Point S21.2605
Daily Pivot Point S31.2526
Daily Pivot Point R11.2786
Daily Pivot Point R21.2865
Daily Pivot Point R31.2916

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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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