FxWirePro: GBP/USD strongly bearish despite upside attempts
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 3:01 PM UTC
- The GBP/USD pair fell towards 1.2934 in the early US session on Wednesday as sterling came under selling interest ahead of this week's Bank of England inflation report and policy meeting.
- Investors will be watching the BoE's "Super Thursday" for any signs of change in the Bank's stance of keeping UK interest rates at record lows.
- Inflation has overshot the Bank's 2-percent target, but some say its surge could be limited by sterling's bounce after Theresa May's announcement of a June general election.
- The ongoing weakness is set to continue for this pair as the resistance level at 1.2983 is likely to act as strong barrier to the bulls and bring a further decline towards lower levels.
- To the upside, the strong resistance can be seen at 1.2954, a break above this level would expose the cable to next resistance level at 1.2983.
- To the downside immediate support can be seen at 1.2927, a break below at this level will open the door towards next level at 1.2889.
Resistance Levels
R1: 1.2954 (50% Retracement level)
R2: 1.2983 (61.8% Retracement level)
R3: 1.3000 (Psychological levels)
Support Levels
S1: 1.2927 (38.2% Retracement level)
S2: 1.2889 (23.6% Retracement level)
S3: 1.2857 (May 4th lows)