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GBP/USD battle lines are set ahead of critical Parliament votes

GBP/USD  found a new balance above 1.3100 as British lawmakers are set to vote on amendments to the Brexit deal in an unpredictable session in Parliament. Volatility is set to be high and cable has well-marked ranges.

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that pound/dollar struggles with  1.3155  which is the convergence of the Simple Moving Average 5-1h, the Bollinger Band 15 minutes Middle, the SMA 10-1h, the SMA 5-4h, the SMA 10-15m, the SMA 50-15m, and the Fibonacci 23.6% one-day.

Looking up, significant resistance awaits at  1.3217which is the convergence of the weekly high and the Pivot Point one-day Resistance 1.

The next hurdle is  1.3270  which is a critical juncture including the Fibonacci 161.8% one-day, the Pivot Point one-month Resistance 3, the Bollinger Band 4h-Upper, and the Pivot Point one-day Resistance 2.

On the downside, the pair has some support around  1.3093  which is minefield including the PP one-day S2, the SMA 5-1d, and the SMA 100-1h.

The most substantial support line awaits at  1.3066where we see a dense cluster of lines: the Fibonacci 161.8% one-month, the PP one-week S3, the SMA 200-1d, and the PP one-month R2.

This is how it looks on the tool:

GBP USD technical analysis confluence January 29 2019

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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.