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GBP/USD technical analysis: Cable keeps pressuring the 1.2200 support after the FOMC Minutes

  • FOMC minutes: Most fed policymakers believed 25 basis point cut needed.
  • The level to beat for sellers is the 1.2200 support.  
 
 

GBP/USD daily chart

 
 
On the daily chart, the Cable is trading in a downtrend below its main daily simple moving averages (DSMAs). The FOMC didn’t provide any surprise as Chief’s Powell reiterated well-known facts: “risks come from abroad, chances of a recession are limited, the economy overall is healthy.”    
 
 

GBP/USD four-hour chart

 
GBP/USD is trading into the 1.2200/1.2226 support zone. A break below 1.2200 would expose the 1.2130 support on the way down, according to the Technical Confluences Indicator.
 
 
 
 

GBP/USD 30-minute chart

 
 
The Pound is trading below its main SMAs, suggesting a bearish bias in the near term. Resistances are seen at the 1.2255 and 1.2280 price levels, according to the Technical Confluences Indicator.
 
 

Additional key levels

 

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