Absent the lack of key fundamental surprises I am slowly leaning to a bearish stance on this pair. The economic situations between the two is very similar. Both are also experiencing a much milder winter than was previously expected which seems to be helping both Germany and the U.K. economically. In my opinion, the BoE is being more dovish than the ECB...
GBPJPY H4 - Missed yesterday's pending order entry by 10 pips which was a shame, we saw a solid rally of +130 following the retest. We have indicated potential day trade entries at 167.500, or swing trade entries around 166 again as of yesterday's slight region of demand.
The British pound is sharply lower on Thursday as the US dollar has rebounded against the major currencies. In the North American session, GBP/USD is trading at 1.1787, down 1.07%. We continue to see sharp swings from the pound in November. Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement was much more in keeping with the difficult economic times than the ill-fated mini-budget...
UK inflation goes to 11% a 41-year high, goods prices continue to increase. BOE says supply chain shock is starting to fade, however, with this inflation rate, the next couple hours the EURGBP will certainly go long. Chart: We have a support that was not tested after the dates of UK. But we can see the RSI in a oversold zone and after changing the direction...
The British pound has moved higher on Wednesday. In the European session, GBP/USD is trading at 1.1934, up 0.56%. The pound roared on Tuesday, gaining close to 1% and punching past the 1.20 line for the first time in three months. It has been a busy time for sterling, which has been marked by sharp swings that would make an exotic currency blush. The pound's...
The British pound has reversed directions on Tuesday and posted sharp gains. In the European session, GBP/USD is trading at 1.1902, up 1.22%. The pound has punched above 1.19 for the first time since August 19th. The UK employment report was soft, with unemployment ticking higher to 3.5%, up from 3.4%. Unemployment rose by 3.3 thousand, down from 3.9 thousand but...
Dollar has been weaker las weeks, the question is: this weakness will last forever? We can see that GBPUSD started forming a bullish structure in the low time frames but this will not indicate the invalidation of the supply zone 1.20538_1.22925 The HTF the price is extremely bearish. We will look for sells after reaching the price the supply zone. Do you like...
Hello traders. GBPJPY has performed a quite bullish price action. But the market makers' game is usually trapping the retailers on Mondays and reverse the trend later during week. So, I am sceptical. The pair definitely needs corrections and that is not only an opinion of mine. It is overbought so many big players will close their profits pretty soon. However,...
The British-Irish Council summit will be attended for the first time in 15 years by UK Prime Minister Sunak. On Thursday, the Tory leader will also meet with his counterparts from Scotland and Wales to repair relations. According to Bloomberg, the UK government is also in favor of reducing the surcharge on bank profits to 3% in order to maintain the sector's...
• Bearish picture still intact for the pound • Dovish BOE, recession risks weigh on the sentiment • Technical picture points towards weaker pound in the period ahead • Bulls and bears fighting around the resistance line dating back to Feb 2022 highs around 1.36 • As long as bears are able to defend the trend line resistance, they still got the upper hand •...
The Bank of England delivered a 75bps rate hike last week but also signaled warnings of a deep recession and that rates may have peaked. This brought broad base weakness to the GBPUSD with the price testing a low of 1.1150. Toward the end of the week, weakness in the DXY brought a brief respite to the GBPUSD, with the price trading higher towards 1.1365. Look...
Both zones UK and Euro had rise their interest rates in 75bp. Days ago Lagard said ECB will continue raising rates to fight the inflation, and BOE are warning about a long recession, and the interest rates hikes in 30Y In this chart we can watch the price touching the resistance and a overbought at BB and RSI, changing the direction such as MACD that had...
GBP – Sterling dropped on Thursday after the Bank of England’s November meeting. The BoE said borrowing costs were likely to go up less than markets expect and warned that the economy was heading for a protracted recession even as it raised rates by the most in three decades. Summarising the meeting, Reuters noted: “The BoE raised Bank rate by 75 basis points...
The British pound is sharply lower today. In the European session, GBP/USD is trading at 1.179, down 1.83%. It has been a dreadful week for the pound, which has declined by 3.7%. The Bank of England delivered as advertised, raising rates by a super-size 75 basis points today in a 7-2 vote. This was the sharpest rate hike since 1989 and brings the cash rate to...
Despite the highest inflation in three decades, Australian markets climbed on Monday, driven by banking firms, in anticipation of the central bank's much-anticipated moderate interest rate hike this week. In anticipation of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting this week, Wall Street closed substantially higher on Friday with all major U.S. indices up 2.5%...
The pound has posted sharp gains today. In the European session, GBP/USD is trading at 1.1353, up 0.66%. Rashi Sunak is the new Prime Minister of the UK, the latest move in what has been a dizzying pace of political developments in the UK. Lizz Truss managed to stick around 10 Downing Street for a mere 44 days, after a mini-budget with unfunded tax cuts was a...
A brief skim over the markets before Fed week next week. Much of the same really ... Let's see if the dollar can hold on.
The GBP/NZD has dropped further since reaching a high of 2.032 and is currently well below the 2.000 mark where the pair ended on Tuesday. Despite the Bank of England's constant interest rate hikes, the annual inflation rate in the United Kingdom increased from 9.9% to 10.1% in September. In September, New Zealand's inflation rate fell marginally to 7.2% from 7.2%...