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GBP/USD needs to maintain a safe distance from this cliff

GBP/USD  is trading steadily in a relatively narrow range, looking for a new direction as all eyes are on the vote in Parliament. Where next?

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that cable enjoys significant support at  1.2730  which is the convergence of last week’s low, the Fibonacci 23.6% one-day, the Simple Moving Average 5-4h, the Bollinger Band 15m-Lower, the SMA 50-15m, the SMA 10-1h, and others.

However, if GBP/USD slips below this line, the next cushions are much weaker. Substantial support is found only around  1.2630where we see the Pivot Point one-day Support 2 and the Bollinger Band one-day Lower.

Looking up, the pair faces a resistance area around  1.2755  where we list the Bollinger Band 15m-Upper, the BB 1h-Upper, the SMA 200-15m, the SMA 50-1h, the SMA 10-15m, the Fibonacci 38.2% one-day, the SMA 4h, and more.

Looking up, the target is  1.2835  where we see yesterday’s high, the SMA 100-4h, the Fibonacci 23.6% one-month, the Bollinger Band 4h-Upper, and others.

This is how it looks on the tool:

GBP USD technical confluence December 4 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.