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GBP/USD eyes 1.2663 after settling on higher ground

GBP/USD  has risen after Fed Chair Jerome Powell opened a wide door to cutting interest rates and sent the dollar down. How is the currency pair positioned? Significant support provides favorable conditions.

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that GBP/USD enjoys significant support at  1.2480  where a cluster of lines awaits it. The area includes the Fibonacci 61.8% one-day, the previous yearly low, the previous weekly low, the Bollinger Band one-hour Middle, and the Simple Moving Average 5-4h.

The first upside target is  1.2572  where we see the convergence of the SMA 200-1h and the Fibonacci 38.2% one-week.

Further up, cable may target  1.2618  which is the confluence of the Pivot Point one-day R3 and the Fibonacci 61.8% one-month.

The final upside target is  1.2663  which is a considerable resistance line and where we see the SMA 10-1d converge with the PP 1w-R1.

If GBP/USD falls below  1.2480, the next cushion is only at 1.2389 where we see the Fibonacci 161.8% one-day, the PP 1m-S2, and the PP 1d-S3 converge.

This is how it looks on the tool:

GBP USD confluence lines July 11 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.