GBP/USD Forecast – Can British Pound Continue Higher Vs US Dollar?
- – The British Pound is placed nicely above the 1.4000 support area against the US Dollar.
- – There is an important bullish trend line forming with support at 1.4010 on the 4-hours chart of the GBP/USD pair.
- – Recently in the UK, the GFK Consumer Confidence for March 2018 was released by the e GfK Group.
- – The outcome was better than the forecast as there was a rise in the index from the last reading of -10 to -7.
UK GFK Consumer Confidence
Recently in the UK, the GFK Consumer Confidence for March 2018 was released by the e GfK Group. The market was positioned for no change in the Consumer Confidence from the last reading of -10 in March 2018.
The actual result was better than the forecast as there was a rise in the index from the last reading of -10 to -7. The report added that:
GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index increased three points in March 2018. All five of the constituent measures recorded higher values.
The GBP/USD pair must stay above the 1.4010 and 1.4000 support levels to remain in a bullish zone for more gains.
GBP/USD Technical Analysis
The British Pound made decent gains this week so far above the 1.4050 pivot level against the US Dollar. The GBP/USD pair was seen trading in a bullish zone, but at the same time there was a strong resistance near the 1.4230-40 zone.
The pair even traded above the 1.4150 level and it recently formed a high at 1.4170. At the moment, it is correcting lower and broke the 50% Fib retracement level of the last wave from the 1.3982 low to 1.4170 high.
On the downside, there is also a major bullish trend line forming with support at 1.4010 on the 4-hours chart of the GBP/USD pair. The same trend line is near the previous pivot zone and the 100 simple moving average (4-hours).
Therefore, it seems like the pair remains well supported around the 1.4000 level. If the pair fails to hold the 1.4000 handle, there could be major declines in the near term.
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