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GBP/USD Forecast: British Pound Continues to Consolidate

By Christopher Lewis
Senior Technical Analyst

Christopher Lewis is a technical analyst and market commentator at DailyForex with more than two decades of trading experience in Forex and other leveraged markets. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he specializes in chart-based analysis of major currency pairs, stock indices, commodities, and energy markets, focusing on clear support and resistance levels, trend structure, and risk management. Christopher produces daily written and video analysis for tra...

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  • In my daily analysis of the GBP/USD currency pair, the first thing that comes to mind is that the British pound has taken it on the chin.
  • At this point, it looks like we have seen a lot of resistance near the 1.2750 level. If we can break above there, it would obviously change things but right now it looks like it’s a massive brick wall.
  • Because of this, I’ll be paying close attention to the 1.2750 level for any significant change.

GBP/USD Forecast Today - 03/12: Pound Consolidates (Chart)

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Consolidation

The consolidation has been somewhat obvious between the 1.25 level on the bottom, and the 1.2750 level on the top. The size of the candlestick on Monday is rather ugly, and that does suggest that a lot of people will be running to the US dollar again. Quite frankly, the downtrend has been formally ensconced, so at this point in time I don’t see any reason to think that the trend will change easily. However, like I said, if we were to break above the 1.2750 level, then I would have to reconsider some things.

If we were to break down below the 1.25 level, then it opens up the possibility of a significant drop down to the 1.23 level. Interest rates continue to be an issue for the United States, despite the fact that a lot of market participants believe that the Federal Reserve is going to be cutting interest rates by 25 basis points during the month of December. Because of this, the market is likely to be very noisy, but I do think that eventually we will have to come to some type of conclusion. The conclusion could be in either direction, but as I think we have seen recently, it’s very difficult for this market to break out to the upside. Because of this, the market is likely to continue to see a lot of volatility, but sooner or later, we could see a rather large move.

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Senior Technical Analyst
Christopher Lewis is a technical analyst and market commentator at DailyForex with more than two decades of trading experience in Forex and other leveraged markets. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he specializes in chart-based analysis of major currency pairs, stock indices, commodities, and energy markets, focusing on clear support and resistance levels, trend structure, and risk management. Christopher produces daily written and video analysis for traders who rely on technical setups to navigate volatile market conditions

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