GBPUSD Technical Highlights, Prices and Analysis
- GBPUSD giving back recent gains.
- 200-day moving average should provide support.
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Short-Term GBPUSD Chart – Indecision Then a Turn Lower
Cable has slipped back after making a three-week high and is looking to trade lower as two negative (red) candles make their presence felt. Preceding these two candles we have three very small indecision dojis near the recent high, with tight trading ranges a sign of market exhaustion. Protection on the downside should be found at the 50-day moving average at 1.30937 ahead of the 200-day ma, currently at 1.30572. On the upside, GBPUSD may struggle at Friday’s high of 1.32581.
GBPUSD Four Hour Price Chart October 12, 2018
The daily GBPUSD chart still looks bullish and remains positive until the double-lows at 1.2920 are breached. This would also take us below all three moving averages and turn the technical outlook bearish.
GBPUSD Daily Price Chart October 12, 2018
Retail Sentiment Still Favors the Upside
IG Retail Sentiment data show that traders are long GBPUSD (57.3%), normally a bearish contrarian indicator. However, traders are less net-long than yesterday and last week, indicating that the GBPUSD may reverse higher.
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--- Written by Nick Cawley, Analyst
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