Morning outlook - GBP/USD returns to 1.3200 Despite a sharp fall after release of worse than expected data about the UK retail sales, the cable managed to bounce off from the bottom trend-line of a large ascending channel and by Monday morning restore lost positions returning back to the 1.32 level. However, the pair is not expected to climb higher this day, as...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD loses 100 points Although inflation report matched with forecasts and Governor Carney once again admitted possibility of interest rate hike, the Pound lost almost 100 points against the Dollar just in couple of hours. Such keen reaction shows that the main investors’ concern is related to success of the Brexit talks. From technical...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD fails to surge above 1.3320 Although the US data release, in general, appeared to be worse than expected, the upside momentum was not strong enough to push the pair above the monthly PP at 1.3322. The presence of a recently formed ascending channel whose bottom boundary is backed up by the rising 55-, 100-, 200-hour SMAs suggests that...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD tries to cross 55-hour SMA Despite the release of better that expected American income data, the Greenback failed to exploit this fundamental background and eventually depreciated against the Pound. At the moment, the pair is going to start testing a combined resistance set up by the upper trend-line of a recently formed descending...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD trades around 55-hour SMA The British Pound is continuing to trade lose value against the American Dollar in a one-month-long descending channel. Despite a bunch of important macroeconomic data releases, the pair did not make any substantial advances yesterday. One of the reasons for that was the 55-hour SMA, which traders continuously...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD fails to break above 55- and 100-hour SMAs In accordance with expectations, a combination of the 55- and 100-hour SMAs as well as the former monthly R2 did not let the pair to make any notable advances on Friday. In fact, they continued to push it to the bottom, simultaneously forcing to form a minor symmetrical triangle. Due to...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD about to leave the falling wedge Contrary to expectations, the currency exchange rate did not make any significant moves yesterday and, for this reason, stayed in a falling wedge for additional day. However, the fact that the first four hours of this trading session were dominated by bears suggests that the pair is likely to leave the...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD tries to restore lost positions The speech delivered by Theresa May about post-Brexit relationship with the EU on Friday, indeed affected value of the Pound. Unfortunately, the effect was negative and the British currency just in one hour lost 79 points against the Dollar. Probably the best description of this situation was made by...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD advances by another 150 points As it was expected, the Pound continued to appreciate against the US Dollar, following a speech delivered by the External BOE MPC Member Gertjan Vlieghe on Friday. At the moment, the currency rate is moving horizontally in a limbo between the monthly R3 at 1.3701 from the top and the monthly R2 at...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD surges by 124 pips amid BoE decision A decision of the Bank of England not to change the Official Bank Rate was expected to lead to sharp depreciation of the Pound. This assumption was based not only on historical market reaction on similar fundamental event but also technical analysis. Namely, on a daily chart prior to release...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD to reach upper edge of dominant pattern Due to release of satisfying data on the UK CPI, the Pound got an upside momentum that helped it to cross the monthly R1 at 1.3208 and then continue the surge. In the early Wednesday morning the pair even managed to reach the weekly R1. Most probably, until a release of information on...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD reaches monthly R1 at 1.3208 Due to positive numbers that were revealed during a release on the UK Manufacturing Production, the Pound caught an upside momentum that helped it to reach the monthly R1 at 1.1320. However, this barrier appeared to be strong enough to prevent the further surge. Given that the southern direction...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD fails to break through weekly R2 Contrary to expectations, the Pound did move horizontally for long but instead tried to break through the weekly R1 at 1.3077. A reaction from release of information on the US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI was barely enough to neutralize this attempt. In result, today the pair remains squeezed between...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD gains 0.8% Shortly after a release of information on the UK Services PMI the Pound got a strong upside momentum and in the upcoming seven hours advanced by 0.8% against the Greenback. Most probably, the surge was based not only on this fundamental event but also on a combined effect from the 200-hour SMA and the lower support line...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD tries to break 1.2944 Fortunately for the Pound, the eight-hour downfall was stopped already near the 1.2880 level. Accordingly, the rest of the day the Sterling spent in a recovery against the US Dollar. By the moment, the pair has reached a combined resistance level set up by the weekly R1 at 1.2942 and the monthly S1 at...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD tries to head to the north In line with expectations, an announcement of the Second Estimate GDP helped the Pound to slightly recover against the American Dollar. In result of the surge, the currency pair has reached the upper boundary of a senior descending channel, but then was forced to make a rebound. The fact that the pair...
Morning outlook - GBP/USD rebounds from weekly PP at 1.2910 The latest developments in the GBP/USD currency pair forced to partially review the situation. On the one hand, the Pound expectedly rose and bounced off from the weekly PP at 1.2910. On the other hand, the subsequent fall through the 55- and 100-hour SMAs entails that the pair is rather...
Sell below 1.2933. Stop loss at 1.2988. Take profit at 1.2854. Reason for the trading strategy (technically): Price continues to hold perfectly below our selling area. We remain bearish looking to sell below 1.2933 resistance (Fibonacci retracement, Fibonacci extension, horizontal overlap resistance) for a push down to 1.2854 support (Fibonacci retracement,...