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GBP/USD: The trouble may be far from over

The GBP/USD tumbled down on concerns of a no-deal Brexit and it may find it hard to claw its way back above 1.3000.

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that a dense congestion of resistance lines awaits at  1.2958. This includes the all-important Fibonacci 38.2% one-day, the Bolinger Band 1h-Upper, the one-day Lower, last month’s low, and the Simple Moving Average 100-15m.

The next hurdle is close by, at  1.2979  which is the confluence of the SMA 200-15m, the SMA 50-1h, last week’s low, and the Fibonacci 61.8% one-day.

Should it recover above these two levels, it may run up to  1.3050  which is the convergence of the Pivot Point on one-day Resistance 2, the Fibonacci 23.6% one-month, the SMA 5-one-day, and the Fibonacci 38.2% one-week.

The GBP/USD has some immediate downside support around the  1.2938  area which is the confluence of the PP one-month Support 1, the BB 15m Lower, the one-hour Low, the SMA 5-4h, the Fibonacci 23.6% one-day, the BB 15m-Middle, the SMA 5-15m, the PP one-week Support 1, and the BB 1h-Lower.

However, support is far weaker than resistance. Below the area mentioned earlier, support is even weaker. Only  1.2858  is notable for the confluence of the PP one-week Support 2, and the PP one-day Support 2.

This is how it looks on the tool:

GBP USD Technical analysis August 7 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.