Economic Calendar
On Thursday, the top event for the GBP is scheduled. At 11:00 GMT, the Bank of England will announce its Asset Purchase Facility, Monetary Policy Report, MPC Asset Purchase Facility Votes, Monetary Policy Summary and the Official Bank Rate. Namely, everything associated with the supply side of the Pound will be revealed by the central bank.
The GBP/USD has moved from 23.6 to 71.8 base points immediately after the BoE announcements since the December 2020 publication.
The week will end with the Friday's release of the US employment data at 12:30 GMT. The event consists of the release of the US Average Hourly Earnings, US Non-farm Employment Change and US Unemployment Rate.
The rate has moved from 20.2 to 75.1 pips on the announcement.
Click on the link below to find out more about the data releases of this and other currency exchange rates.
GBP/USD short-term review
Given that a breakout has occurred, sellers are likely to continue to pressure the currency pair lower during the following trading session. The potential target for bearish traders will be near the 1.3820 area.However, the 200– hour simple moving average at 1.3886 could provide support for the GBP/USD currency exchange rate within this session.
Hourly Chart
GBP/USD daily chart's review
On the daily candle chart, the currency exchange rate tested the resistance of the 1.3900 mark together with the 100-day simple moving average.Since last week, the exchange rate was finding resistance in the 55-day simple moving average.
Daily chart
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Traders are bearish
On Wednesday, traders were 67% short on the Swiss Foreign Exchange.
On Wednesday, the market sentiment remains unchanged as 67% of SWFX traders are bearish.
Meanwhile, in the 100-pip range around the rate, the pending orders were 50% to buy.
On Wednesday, traders were 67% short on the Swiss Foreign Exchange.
On Wednesday, the market sentiment remains unchanged as 67% of SWFX traders are bearish.
Meanwhile, in the 100-pip range around the rate, the pending orders were 50% to buy.