Sterling FX-Pairs Technical Analysis
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Cable has had a mixed week, dropping through the supportive 200-day moving average, hitting a near three-week below before bouncing back to currently trade either side of the long-term moving average. The last three-days have seen GBPUSD trade in between the 20- and 50-day moving averages at 1.3030 and 1.2835 respectively. The 23.6% Fibonacci retracement at 1.2894 was briefly pierced on Thursday and it remains to be seen if this level will act as solid support in the event of another re-test. The RSI indicator at the bottom of the chart has bounced off a one-month low and has just started to turn higher.
GBPUSD Daily Price Chart (April 2018 - February 8, 2019)
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The daily EURGBP chart looks interesting with upside likely limited as we head into the new week. The pair broke through the 61.8% Fib retracement level at 0.8803 but the move higher lacked momentum and EURGBP turned sharply lower on Thursday. The Euro is currently struggling across a range of currencies on EU growth fears and a lack of positive fundamentals. On the chart the 20-day moving average traded through the 200-day ma two-weeks ago and the current set-up shows the 50-day ma likely to break below the lon-dated ma shortly, a ‘Death Cross’. While this may prompt further downside or not – analysts argue over the validity of this indicator - it does show that short-term sentiment has taken a turn for the worse, putting pressure on the pair. Resistance levels seen at 0.8803 ahead of 0.8860 with old horizontal support at 0.8725 ahead of 0.8655 and the recent multi-month low around 0.8615.
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EURGBP Daily Price Chart (June 2018 - February 8, 2019)
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