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US Dollar Positions For Gains against the British Pound
Monday, 12 January 2009 02:37:11 GMT  |  Ilya Spivak, Currency Analyst
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The British Pound has added 3.61% against the US Dollar to date this month, but technical positioning suggests the upswing may be running out of stem. GBPUSD traded up to resistance at a downward-sloping trend line connecting major swing highs since late October and put in a bearish Star candlestick, hinting at the possibility of a forming top. Near-term resistance is seen at 1.5096, the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement of the 10/20/08 - 12/31/08 decline. A daily close below this level conservatively targets 1.4650, the double bottom tested in mid-November and early December. A more ambitious target is 1.4350 at the most recent swing low.

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