Karen Jones, analyst at Commerzbank, points out that the GBP/USD pair has tested and so far held at the 1.2763/72 resistance (the 7th June high and February low) and market will have to overcome this in order to generate some further upside interest.
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“This will target the 200 day ma at 1.2926, but we are looking for this to then cap the topside. Meanwhile we would allow for a possible near term pull back towards the 1.2680/50 region ahead of another leg higher.”
“Below 1.2532 would target the 1.2444 December 2018 low. This is the last defence for 1.2108, the 78.6% retracement of the move up from 2016.”