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GBP/USD hugging the 1.2850 but will have to make a decision

The  GBP/USD  is looking for a new direction as markets await further news on Brexit negotiations. What’s next?

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that pound/dollar is trading just around the dense cluster around  1.2850  which includes the Fibonacci 38.2% one-month, the Simple Moving Average 100-15m, the SMA 100-4h, the 4h-low, the Fibonacci 61.8% one-day, the Pivot Point one-week Support 1, and the Bolinger Band one-day-Middle.

Should the GBP/USD bounce, resistance is at  1.2920  which is the confluence of the PP one-day Resistance 2, the Fibonacci 161.8% one-day, and the Fibonacci 61.8% one-week.

Further resistance awaits at  1.2960  which is the meeting point of the Fibonacci 61.8% one-month and the Fibonacci 38.2% one-week.

Looking down, noteworthy support is around  1.2787  which is the convergence of the PP one-day Support 2, the BB 4h-Lower, and the Fibonacci 23.6% one-month.

The next support confluence is only around  1.2700  where we see the Fibonacci 161.8% one-week and the Pivot Point one-month

This is how it looks on the tool:

GBP USD confluence levels September 5 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.