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Ahead of the BOE, GBP/USD looks somewhat weak

The GBP/USD lost some ground on US Dollar strength and recapturing these higher levels may be hard on the day the Bank of England makes its decision.

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that many resistance lines are lined up above 1.3100 with a dense cluster around  1.3120  which is the congestion of the Simple Moving Average 50-15m, the SMA 100-15m, the SMA 100-1h, the SMA 5-4h, the Bolinger Band 1h-Middle, and several other SMA’s.

Should the GBP/USD break higher, another significant hurdle is close by, at  1.3156, which is the convergence of the Pivot Point one-day Resistance 1, the Bolinger Band 4h-Upper, the one-day high and the SMA 100-4h.

Looking down, support lines are weaker. One notable confluence is at  1.3053  which is the confluence of the Fibonacci 23.6% one-month, the Pivot Point one-day Support 3, and the PP one-week Support 1.

Lower,  1.3024  is the Bolinger Band one-day Lower, a weak defense of the round 1.3000 level.

This is how it looks on the tool:

GBP USD technical analysis August 2 2018

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Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts.