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GBP/USD has more room to move up than down ahead of the jobs report

The GBP/USD found some stability on Monday but Tuesday is different with the  UK jobs report  and the US Retail Sales release. Where will the Pound go?

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that the GBP/USD has lots of support to the downside but not too many resistance lines to the upside. While many support lines await to the downside, a substantial cluster is at $1.3527  where the Fibonacci 61.8% one-week, the Pivot Point one-day Support 1, and the PP one-month Support 1 meet.

Should the pair extend its drops, $1.3464  is the confluence of the Pivot Point one-day Support 3, the one-month low, the one-week low, and the PP one-week S1.

On the topside, the congestion lines of resistance are not as potent. Nevertheless, the $1.3580  level is worth watching as it is the confluence of the Simple Moving Average 100-15m, the SMA 5-4h, the 4h-high, the SMA 10 1-day, the Fibonacci 23.6% one-week, and the Fibonacci 38.2% one-day.

Beyond $1.3580, there is a lot of air with the only considerable line of resistance awaiting at $1.3700  which is the Pivot Point one-week Resistance 2.

All in all, the pair has stronger lines of support than resistance.

This is how it looks on the tool:

Pound dollar confluence levels May 15 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.