Sterling leaves behind1.4200 barrier

GBPUSD, Daily

Sterling has outperformed so far today, racking up a 1% intraday gain versus the yen, and rising by 0.7% against the dollar and gaining, too, on most other currencies. This saw Her Majesty’s currency smash through the highs it posted in the immediate wake of the BoE policy announcement last Thursday, which delivered the widely expected no-change decision with the unexpected twist of there being two of the nine MPC members having voted for a quarter point hike. It seems that trend-following will continue for now, though concurrently entreat some wariness given Brexit-related risks and expected continuation of relative underperformance of the UK economy relative to its major peers.

Cableis looking as being in process of establishing a range above the 1.4000s, after rising from early-March levels near 1.3700, and after breaking to last Thursday’s peak at 1.4220. Hence next resistance levels come at 2-years highs, at 1.4270 and 1.4344. Every technical tool is looking to a continuation of the uptrend , with pair extending its upper Daily Bollinger Bands, and moving for 10th consecutive day above all 3 MAs. The Daily Movementum indicators confirm the postive momentum as well, with MACD consolidating in the positive terittory, while RSI is at 67, suggesting that there is further upside steam. Daily support is at 1.4150.

Intra-day picture is similar to Daily one, however if any weakness is notices within the day, then it is likely to be faced as a correction to the sharp upside trend, with immediate support at 1.4170.

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Andria Pichidi

Market Analyst

HotForex

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