On April 27, the Pound Sterling surged by 56 pips or 0.40% against the US Dollar. The currency pair tested the upper line of a descending channel pattern at 1.3920 during Tuesday's trading session.
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On Wednesday, all of the markets will move due to the release of the US Federal Reserve Federal Funds Rate at 18:00 GMT. The GBP/USD has moved 20.5 to 60.6 pips on the announcement since September 16.
On Thursday, at 12:30 GMT, the US Advance GDP will be released. This event has caused GBP/USD moves only from 9.6 to 17.2 pips.
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GBP/USD short-term review
As forecast, the exchange rate continued to edge higher and a breakout through the upper boundary of the channel pattern has occurred within this session, breaking the 55-, 100 and 200-hour SMAs.Hourly Chart
GBP/USD daily chart's review
On Wednesday, the currency exchange rate is trading slightly above the 55-day simple moving average, still piercing the SMA, while the resistance level at 1.3913 has provided resistance for the rate and may cause a further decline.Note that the 1.4000 has been keeping the GBP/USD down since the start of March.
Daily chart
Since Monday, traders were short, as 60% of trader open position volume on the Swiss Foreign Exchange was in short positions.
On Wednesday, the situation has slightly changed, as 61% was short.
Meanwhile, in the 100-pip range around the rate the pending orders were 55% to sell. Previously, the orders were 62% to sell.