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GBP/USD: Brexit uncertainty means one certain thing: high volatility

GBP/USD  is taking a break from the big downfall that it suffered after UK PM Theresa May decided to postpone the vote on the Brexit deal. What’s next? The higher volatility implies a broader range of movement.

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that cable is capped by uptrend resistance at around  1.2589  where we see the convergence of the Pivot Point one-month Support 1, the Simple Moving Average 5-4h, the Bollinger Band 1h-Middle, and the BB 15m-Upper.

The next cap is significantly higher, at  1.2660  where we see the confluence of the Fibonacci 61.8% one-day, the Pivot Point one-month Support 1, the SMA 10-4h, and last week’s low.

Looking down, the pair has some weak support at around  1.2506which was yesterday’s low.

There are several additional lines of support down the road but the most considerable one is only at  1.2432  where we find the Pivot Point one-month Support 2.

This is how it looks on the tool:

GBP USD technical confluence lines December 11 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.