Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Cable is under pressure


GBP/USD dropped below the 1.4300 handle after having posted a fresh multi-month high at 1.4375 . The macro agenra today served disappointing UK earnings numbers which contributed to the suffering of the Sterling.
During the last two weeks the Cable performed excellent and rallied from 1.3965 to 1.4375 (the intraday high) and during this period we witnessed higher highs and higher lows. 
Technically speaking the short term outlook remain neutral to bearish. On the four hour time frame the price is developing above its moving averages, having bullish 20-day SMA and slow turning to flat 100-day and 200-day SMAs. RSI has eased its downward slope and currently is located at 58, having a break to look for direction. Stochastic is showing strong bearish momentum and is nearing oversold territory.
As seen on the same chart the pair continues falling and surpassed last week’s high at 1.4344 which brings a signal for deeper pullback.
On the other hand, dips could be limited as Sterling remains backed up by the expectations of BoE’s rate hike on policy meeting next month.
However the pullback could meet strong support at 1.4244 (late March’s highs) and ex long term resistance that should keep intact overall bulls.
Tomorrow will bring the next key event for the Cable with the release of UK inflation data which could provide fresh direction signal.






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