GBP/USD Technical Analysis: Sterling confined in a small range near 1.2800 figure


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GBP/USD daily chart

  • GBP/USD is trading in a bear trend below the 200-day simple moving average (SMA).

GBP/USD 4-hour chart

  • GBP/USD is trading below its main SMAs suggesting bearish momentum in the medium-term.

GBP/USD 30-minute chart

  • GBP/USD is trading between the 50 and 100 SMA suggesting a sideways to a bearish market. 
  • To the downside, support is seen at 1.2780 and 1.2740 level
  • Newt week bulls will likely try to break above 1.2880 to reach 1.2960 figure to the upside.

Additional key levels

GBP/USD

Overview:
    Today Last Price: 1.2818
    Today Daily change: 26 pips
    Today Daily change %: 0.20%
    Today Daily Open: 1.2792
Trends:
    Daily SMA20: 1.299
    Daily SMA50: 1.2821
    Daily SMA100: 1.2879
    Daily SMA200: 1.301
Levels:
    Previous Daily High: 1.2878
    Previous Daily Low: 1.2773
    Previous Weekly High: 1.3103
    Previous Weekly Low: 1.2854
    Previous Monthly High: 1.3214
    Previous Monthly Low: 1.2438
    Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 1.2813
    Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 1.2838
    Daily Pivot Point S1: 1.2751
    Daily Pivot Point S2: 1.2709
    Daily Pivot Point S3: 1.2645
    Daily Pivot Point R1: 1.2856
    Daily Pivot Point R2: 1.292
    Daily Pivot Point R3: 1.2962