GBP/USD Price Forecast – British Pound Has Noisy Day as MPC Announces Tapering

The British pound has gone back and forth during the trading session on Thursday as the Monetary Policy Committee has come and gone, suggesting that tapering is coming in the bond market. That of course is bullish for the British pound, but at the same time we have been locked in a lot of support and resistance in this general vicinity.

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When you look at the 50 day EMA, has offered a bit of support as of late, so that is something worth paying attention to. Furthermore, we have the double bottom underneath there that continues to support the market as well. It is not until we break down below there that I think we could start to see the first “cracks in the ice” of the uptrend but if you are a seller, you then need to worry about the 1.35 level underneath which is attracting the 200 day EMA. Underneath there, then obviously the trend is done.

To the upside, the 1.40 level continues to be like a “brick wall for the market” and breaking above there on a daily close would be a massively bullish sign. In the short term, I think we simply go back and forth in the fact that we have the jobs number coming out on Friday certainly makes quite a bit of sense. Ultimately, this is a market that is been very volatile for the session, but it seems to have been little changed. Interesting to see this reaction, but at the end of the day I think people almost immediately turn their attention on the employment situation in America.

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