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GBP/USD Technical Analysis: Choppy Cable Seeks Resistance
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- GBP/USD Technical Strategy: Bigger-picture trend still bearish, shorter-term chop building near support.
- GBP/USD is stabilizing above the 1.3000 psychological level, but rips-higher will likely face pressure given the expectation for future rate cuts out of the Bank of England.
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In our last article, we looked at the British Pound shortly after the most recent Bank of England rate decision. And as we mentioned, even though the bank held rates flat at that meeting, the world would likely be looking for another rate cut in the month ahead as the BOE wades through another Super Thursday batch of announcements. Traditionally, adjustments to rates from the BOE have been coupled with fresh inflation projections to provide proper context of the move; so after Mark Carney began talking up the prospect of rate cuts just days after the Brexit referendum, August became a likely expectation to see that next rate cut.
However, that being said many were still looking for a cut, with as high a probability as 86% ahead of that BOE meeting. So when the bank didn’t cut, we saw quite a few rate-cut bets jump out of the market, leading to bullish near-term price action. As we advised in our last article, traders can let GBP/USD rip-higher to a more comfortable level of resistance before looking to trigger-in to the short trade in anticpation of next month’s rate cut.
Since then, the Cable has meandered in a choppy downward-sloping channel, but has remained well-above prior lows set earlier in the month of July. And while price action on the 4-hour chart may be offering down-side continuation entries, scaling back to the daily highlights the juxtaposition facing trend chasers currently in the Cable. The most recent swing-high on the daily chart is the same identified in our last article, right around the 1.3500 psychological ‘big figure’ that also happened to be the financial collapse low in the pair. This has been a massively important level in the pair for well over 6 years now, and traders looking to chase the pair lower from here would likely want to investigate stop placement above this level; which with current prices would amount to a stop of more than 325 pips. And for a situation that only has 385 pips until we reach that multi-year low, the risk-reward of the setup could be seen as utterly unappealing right now.
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Moving forward the stance will remain the same, looking for a better level of resistance that could offer a more appealing entry on the down-side move. We’ve kept the same price action zones as last week, and have added another more aggressive area of potential resistance from 1.3335-1.3350. This would be a level for short-term approaches with targets set towards the most recent swing-low at the 1.3064-vicinity. Should price action rip higher to find resistance in this zone, attractive risk levels could be instituted for shorter-term approaches.
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— Written by James Stanley, Analyst for DailyFX.com
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What’s inside:
- EURUSD broke the ‘neckline’ of a bearish ‘head-and-shoulders’ pattern, April trend-line
- Resistance in vicinity of 11825/80 likely to keep a lid on further strength
- Targeting the low to mid-11600s with more selling
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Coming into last week we pointed out the likelihood of finally seeing a resolution of the range EURUSD had been stuck in for the past few weeks, and one of the outcomes we made note of as a possibility was for the triggering of a ’head-and-shoulders’ pattern. Indeed, we saw a break of the ’neckline’ along with a drop below the April trend-line. This led to decent selling before a minor bounce took shape during the latter part of last week.
Looking ahead to next week the euro is set up for further losses as the path of least resistance has turned lower. Looking to a capper on any further strength there is resistance in the 11825-11880 area (old support becomes new resistance). As long as the euro stays below this area a downward bias will remain firmly intact.
Looking lower towards support eyes will be on the August low at 11662 and the 2016 high of 11616, of which the latter just happens to align almost precisely with the measured move target of the ‘head-and-shoulders’ pattern (determined by subtracting the height of the pattern from the neckline).
Bottom line: Shorts look set to have the upperhand as a fresh month gets underway as long as the euro remains capped by resistance. On weakness, we’ll be watching how the euro responds to a drop into support levels.
For a longer-term outlook on EURUSD, check out the just released Q4 Forecast.
EURUSD: Daily
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EURUSD: Retail trader data shows 37.3% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 1.68 to 1. In fact, traders have remained net-short since Apr 18 when EURUSD traded near 1.07831; price has moved 9.6% higher since then. The number of traders net-long is 15.4% lower than yesterday and 16.4% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 0.4% higher than yesterday and 10.5% lower from last week.
We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests EURUSD prices may continue to rise. Positioning is more net-short than yesterday but less net-short from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed EURUSD trading bias.
— Written by Christopher Vecchio, CFA, Senior Currency Strategist
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GBPUSD: Retail trader data shows 38.2% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 1.62 to 1. In fact, traders have remained net-short since Sep 05 when GBPUSD traded near 1.29615; price has moved 3.4% higher since then. The number of traders net-long is 0.1% higher than yesterday and 13.4% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 10.6% lower than yesterday and 18.3% lower from last week.
We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests GBPUSD prices may continue to rise. Yet traders are less net-short than yesterday and compared with last week. Recent changes in sentiment warn that the current GBPUSD price trend may soon reverse lower despite the fact traders remain net-short.
— Written by Christopher Vecchio, CFA, Senior Currency Strategist
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