During Friday's trading session, the British Pound declined by 83 pips or 0.58% against the US Dollar. The currency pair breached the 50– and 100– hour SMAs on Friday.
The exchange rate was trading near the bottom border of an ascending channel pattern at 1.4154 during the early trading hours on Monday.
Economic Calendar
At 12:30 GMT on Thursday, the US Preliminary GDP is set to be published. This event has caused GBP/USD moves from 11.5 to 116.8 pips.
Also on Thursday, the weekly US Unemployment Claims are set to be published at 12:30 GMT. Our analysts have been ignoring this event since February, as it did not have an impact on the USD. This week, another check of the data was done.
The GBP/USD has moved from 9.5 to 22.8 pips since April 22 due to the Unemployment Claims.
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GBP/USD short-term review
Since the currency exchange rate broke the ascending channel pattern after 0800 GMT, a decline towards the weekly S1 at 1.4077 could be expected today.Hourly Chart
GBP/USD daily chart's review
On the daily candle chart, the GBP/USD remains in the borders of the channel up pattern, which has guided it since early April. The rate is testing the upper trend line of the pattern.In addition, note that the rate reversed its February surge just before reaching the 1.4250 level. Namely, the surge ended at the 1.4243 mark.
Daily chart
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Traders set up buy orders
Since Friday, traders have been short, as 72% of trader open position volume on the Swiss Foreign Exchange was in short positions.
On Monday, in the 100-pip range around the rate the pending orders were 64% to buy. Previously, 56% of orders were to sell.
Since Friday, traders have been short, as 72% of trader open position volume on the Swiss Foreign Exchange was in short positions.
On Monday, in the 100-pip range around the rate the pending orders were 64% to buy. Previously, 56% of orders were to sell.