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GBP/USD path of least resistance is up, but will it take it?

GBP/USD  kicks off a new week with modest increases and looks for a new direction as the Brexit vote looms. What’s next? The path of least resistance is to the upside.

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that cable has considerable support at  1.2703  where we see a dense cluster including the Fibonacci  38.2% one-day, the Simple Moving Average 5-1d, the SMA 200-4h, the SMA 100-15m, and the Fibonacci 61.8% one-month.

Further down, another significant cushion awaits at  1.2670  which is the convergence of the  Fibonacci 61.8% one-day, the SMA 100-1h, and the Fibonacci 38.2% one-week.

On the upside, we note modest resistance at  1.2775  with the confluence of the SMA 50-one-day, the Bollinger Band one-day Upper, and the Pivot Point one-day Resistance one-day.

The next upside target is at  1.2850  where the previous month’s high and the Pivot Point one-day Resistance 2 converge.

However, this cap is weaker than the support levels mentioned beforehand.

This is how it looks on the tool:

GBP USD Technical Analysis confluence January 7 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.