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GBP/USD: The next downside target is below 1.3000

The  GBP/USD  is licking its wounds after UK PM May sent it lower on Friday and as reports of a snap election are a concern. Where can cable fall  to?

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that the GBP/USD is struggling around  1.3075  which is a dense congestion of levels including the Simple Moving Average 5-4h, the SMA 10-15m, the SMA 50-15m, the Bolinger Band 15m-Middle, and the BB 15m-Lower among others.

Looking down, the pair has some support around  1.3028  where we see the BB-4h, the SMA 100-4h, the BB one-day Middle, and more. However, this is a weak support line.

Stronger support awaits at  1.2988  which is the confluence of the SMA 50-one-day, the Pivot Point one-day Support 1, and the PP one-week Support 1.

On the upside, we see some resistance at  1.3110  which is the Fibonacci 23.6% one-day.

Much stronger resistance awaits at  1.3150  which is the Fibonacci 61.8% one-week, the Fibonacci 38.2% one-day, and the SMA 100 one-day.

This is how it looks on the tool:

GBP USD technical confluence September 24 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.