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GBP/USD path of least resistance may be down after the jump

The  GBP/USD  soared on the optimism in Brexit talks after a long standstill. The pair topped 1.3000. What’s next? Resistance lines look more substantial than support ones.

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that a considerable cap awaits at  1.3057, where we see the convergence of the Bolinger Band one-day Upper, the Fibonacci 23.6% on-month, and the Simple Moving Average 50 one-day.

Next up we find  1.3118  which is the confluence of the potent Fibonacci 38.2% one-month and the Bolinger Band one-hour Upper,

1.3158  looms far above. It is the meeting point of two Pivot Points: the one-week Resistance 3 and the Pivot Point one-day Resistance 2.

On the downside, we see some support at  1.2996  which is the confluence of the Fibonacci 23.6% one-day and the SMA 5-4h.

1.2956  is the next cushion. It is the convergence of the PP one-week R1 and the SMA 200-4h.

There are quite a few other support levels on the downside, but the most significant congestion of lines is at  1.2897  where we see the SMA 100-1h, the SMA 5-one-day, and the Fibonacci 23.6% one-week.

This is how it looks on the tool:

GBP USD confluence levels August 30 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.