GBPUSD TECHS: Bulls Remain In The Driver’s Seat
- RES 4: 1.3119 76.4% retracement of the Sep 26 ‘24 - Jan 13 bear leg
- RES 3: 1.3048 High Nov 6 ‘24
- RES 2: 1.2990 High Nov 8 2024
- RES 1: 1.2988 High Mar 12
- PRICE: 1.2939 @ 14:55 GMT Mar 12
- SUP 1: 1.2768 Low Mar 5
- SUP 2: 1.2718 20-day EMA
- SUP 3: 1.2605 50-day EMA and a short-term pivot support
- SUP 4: 1.2559 Low Feb 28
The trend in GBPUSD is unchanged, it remains bullish despite the fade off the intraday high. Moving average studies have recently crossed into a bull-mode position, highlighting a clear dominant uptrend. A Fibonacci retracement at 1.2924, 61.8% of the Sep 26 ‘24 - Jan 13 bear leg, has been pierced. A clear break of this level would open 1.2990, the Nov 8 2024 high. Initial firm support is 1.2618, the 50-day EMA. A pullback would be considered corrective.
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