Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD selling opportunity?

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GBP/USD outlook: Clear break out of triangle to provide fresh direction signal

Cable probes below triangle support line in early Friday, after repeated rejections at the upper boundary of the pattern, signaled that bulls are lacking momentum, despite positive UK inflation data.

Fresh weakness is mainly driven by strength of the dollar on growing hopes that the Fed may start tightening earlier than expected.

Daily studies show fresh negative momentum and moving averages back to a bearish setup that supports a negative scenario, which requires close below the triangle, to signal an end of a corrective phase. Read more...

GBP/USD Forecast: Selling opportunity? Risk-off mood could send sterling back down

Pinging hell – Hundreds of thousands of Brits have received notifications saying "You need to self-isolate" due to exposure to someone tested positive for COVID-19. While some of these warnings may have been caused by Bluetooth signals passing through neighbors' walls, the increase in pings serves as additional evidence that the coronavirus spreading rapidly. Under such conditions, it is hard to justify further gains for GBP/USD.

The Delta variant's spread has resulted in over 48,000 confirmed cases in the UK on Thursday, days before the grand "Freedom Day" reopening on July 19. Hospitalizations and deaths are also on the rise, adding to concerns of an economic slowdown resulting from quarantines. Read more...

GBP/USD: Concerns about inflation and covid to send sterling back down

GBP/USD is trading above 1.38 as investors await Britain's reopening on Monday. Selling opportunity? Risk-off mood could send sterling back down, according to FXStreet’s Analyst Yohay Elam.

“The Delta variant's spread has resulted in over 48,000 confirmed cases in the UK on Thursday, days before the grand "Freedom Day" reopening on July 19. Hospitalizations and deaths are also on the rise, adding to concerns of an economic slowdown resulting from quarantines. Under such conditions, it is hard to justify further gains for GBP/USD.” Read more...

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.3803
Today Daily Change	-0.0025
Today Daily Change %	-0.18
Today daily open	1.3828

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.3856
Daily SMA50	1.4016
Daily SMA100	1.3937
Daily SMA200	1.3692

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.3899
Previous Daily Low	1.3805
Previous Weekly High	1.3908
Previous Weekly Low	1.3742
Previous Monthly High	1.4249
Previous Monthly Low	1.3787
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.3841
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.3863
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.3789
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.375
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.3695
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.3883
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.3938
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.3977

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EUR/USD slumps below 1.1750 as USD benefits from risk-aversion

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