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EUR/GBP fails to hold above 0.93 handle, short close below 5DMA

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FX:EURGBP   Euro / British Pound
EUR/GBP fails to hold above 0.93 handle, slips lower to trade at 0.9243 at the time of writing.
Formation of Gravestone Doji at highs raises scope for downside in the pair.
5-DMA at 0.9249 is immediate support, close below could see drag upto 20-DMA at 0.9136.
Stochastic and RSI are in overbought zone, rollover will add to bearish bias.
Violation at 20-DMA finds next major support at 0.9088 (23.6% Fib retrace of 0.83822 to 0.93064 rally).
On the upside, the pair finds major trendline resistance at 0.9310. We see upside only on break above.

Support levels - 0.92, 0.9136 (20-DMA), 0.91, 0.9088 (23.6% Fib retrace of 0.83822 to 0.93064 rally)
Resistance levels - 0.9310 (Trendline resistance), 0.94, 0.9411 (Oct 2009 high), 0.9477 (88.6% Fib retrace of 0.9804 to 0.6930 fall)

Good to go short on close below 5-DMA, SL: 0.9310, TP: 0.92/ 0.9140/ 0.91/ 0.90

Comment:
EUR/GBP remains capped below 5-DMA at 0.9230.

GBP buoyed after latest UK manufacturing PMI surpassed estimates and rose to 4-month high of 56.9 in August.

The reading was much better than 55 expected and previous month's reading of 55.3.

TP1 hit. Bias lower.
Comment:
TP2 hit. Bias lower. 20-DMA caps upside.
Comment:
Approaching final targets.

Sterling boosted after upbeat UK inflation data.
Comment:
Pound spikes across the board after BoE held rates but hinted at upcoming rate hikes.

EUR/GBP plunges into daily cloud. Hits 2-month lows at 0.8910.

Bears eye 100-DMA at 0.8851.
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