GBP/USD Technical Analysis: Hits fresh 2-week lows, bears eyeing descending channel support ahead of NFP
• The pair retreated further from near eight-month tops and remained on the defensive for the seventh consecutive session, falling to two-week lows around mid-1.3000s in the last hour.
• The corrective slide has been along a well-established descending trend-channel formation on the 1-hourly chart amid persistent uncertainty over Britain’s exit from the European Union.
• The fact that the pair remains well below its important intraday moving averages – 50, 100 & 200-hour SMAs, support prospects for an extension of the ongoing downward trajectory.
• However, oscillators on the daily chart have already lost positive momentum but have moved on the verge of falling into oversold zone on hourly charts, warranting caution for bearish traders.
• Hence, any subsequent slide seems more likely to find decent support near the 1.30 confluence region, comprising of 200-day SMA and 38.2% Fibo. level of the 1.2396-1.3350 recent upsurge.
GBP/USD 1-hourly chart
GBP/USD
Overview:
Today Last Price: 1.3055
Today Daily change: -19 pips
Today Daily change %: -0.15%
Today Daily Open: 1.3074
Trends:
Daily SMA20: 1.3055
Daily SMA50: 1.2965
Daily SMA100: 1.2883
Daily SMA200: 1.2988
Levels:
Previous Daily High: 1.3187
Previous Daily Low: 1.3068
Previous Weekly High: 1.3351
Previous Weekly Low: 1.3051
Previous Monthly High: 1.3351
Previous Monthly Low: 1.2773
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 1.3113
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 1.3141
Daily Pivot Point S1: 1.3032
Daily Pivot Point S2: 1.2991
Daily Pivot Point S3: 1.2914
Daily Pivot Point R1: 1.3151
Daily Pivot Point R2: 1.3228
Daily Pivot Point R3: 1.3269