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  • The GBP/USD will need to scramble if buyers are going to pick the pair up from the week’s bottoms thanks to a swift decline yesterday, and recovery bounces quickly coming under short-side pressure from USD bidders.
  • The Sterling is testing back into recent swing lows as mid-August’s bullish recovery looks set to wane with plenty of room below the 200-day SMA, and the GBP/USD is nearing the 50% retracement area of 2018’s technical bottom.
  • The Pound is -4.26% off of 2018’s opening prices, and has shed nearly -10.0% off of its chart from March’s peak at 1.4376, and the year’s fourth quarter looks set to face similar declines, with the pair slipping -0.82% as the Sterling rounds the corner into a second week of straight losses, with the pace of declines giving hints of possibly accelerating, assuming the US Dollar index continues its current course.

GBP/USD Chart, 5-Minute

Spot rate 1.2936
Week change -0.78%
Previous week high 1.3217
Previous week low 1.3000
   
Support 1 1.2922 (current day low)
Support 2 1.2900 (major technical barrier)
Support 3 1.2828 (August 27th swing low)
   
Resistance 1 1.2953 (Late Wednesday consolidation)
Resistance 2 1.2964 (Previous day swing low)
Resistance 3 1.2978 (Intraday consolidation zone)