Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD bears brace for July low ahead of BOE


GBP/USD Price Analysis: Bears brace for July low ahead of BOE

GBP/USD remains on the back foot around monthly low. Downside break of two-month-old support, bearish MACD favor sellers. 200-day EMA adds to the upside filters, 61.8% Fibonacci retracement offers extra support. GBP/USD bears keep controls around 1.3620 amid the initial Asian session on the Super Thursday, after refreshing the monthly low with 1.3609 due to the Fed tapering before a few hours. Read more...

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price 1.3621
Today Daily Change -0.0040
Today Daily Change % -0.29
Today daily open 1.3661
 
Trends
Daily SMA20 1.3781
Daily SMA50 1.3797
Daily SMA100 1.3908
Daily SMA200 1.384
 
Levels
Previous Daily High 1.3693
Previous Daily Low 1.3641
Previous Weekly High 1.3913
Previous Weekly Low 1.3728
Previous Monthly High 1.3958
Previous Monthly Low 1.3602
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% 1.3673
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% 1.3661
Daily Pivot Point S1 1.3637
Daily Pivot Point S2 1.3613
Daily Pivot Point S3 1.3585
Daily Pivot Point R1 1.3689
Daily Pivot Point R2 1.3717
Daily Pivot Point R3 1.3741

 

Bank of England Preview: Action to revolve around tapering prospects

The GBP/USD pair trades near its August low at 1.3601 ahead of the event, as a dismal market’s mood fuels demand for the American currency. Ahead of the event, the US Federal Reserve will unveil its own monetary policy decision, which may spur some wild action forward of the BOE. Read more...

GBP/USD analysis: Is pushed down by SMA

At midnight to Wednesday, the GBP/USD encountered and bounced off the combined resistance of the weekly S1 simple pivot point at 1.3676 and the 55-hour simple moving average at 1.3680. Afterwards, the rate began a step by step decline, which had no technical support as low as 1.3808. Read more...

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