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GBP/USD has more room to the downside

GBP/USD  is trading a bit higher at the wake of a new week that is centered on the EU Summit on Brexit. While most see some kind of resolution and upside potential for cable, it is under technical pressure, at least in the short term.

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that GBP/USD is battling  1.3075  where a dense cluster of lines awaits it. This includes the Fibonacci 61.8% one-day high, the previous 4h-high, the Bollinger  Band 15min-Upper, the Simple Moving Average 5-15m, and the Fibonacci 48.2% one-week.

If the pair makes the break, the next resistance line is already quite close. At  1.3122  we note a minefield of technical caps including the Fibonacci 61.8% one-week, the SMA 10-1d, the Fibonacci 38.2% one-month, yesterday’s high, the Bollinger Band 4h-Middle, the SMA 200-1h, and the PP 1d-R1.

Looking down, support is closer, but it is weaker. At  1.3040  we see the convergence of the Fibonacci 23.6% one-week, the SMA 50-15m, the SMA 5-4h, and the Fibonacci 38.2% one-day.

Further down, weak support awaits around  1.2985  where we see the confluence of the Pivot Point one-day S1, the SMA 200-1d, the previous daily high, the Bollinger Band 4h-lower, and the BB 1d-higher.

This is how it looks on the tool:

GBP USD technical confluence April 8 2019

Confluence Detector

The Confluence Detector finds  exciting opportunities using Technical Confluences.  The TC is a tool to locate and point out those price levels where there is a  congestion of indicators,  moving averages,  Fibonacci levels, Pivot Points, etc. Knowing where these congestion points are located is very useful for the trader, and can be used as a basis for different strategies.

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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.