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GBP/USD Price Forecast February 22, 2018, Technical Analysis

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Christopher Lewis
GBP/USD daily chart, February 22, 2018

The British pound has initially fallen during the trading session on Wednesday but found enough support underneath at the 1.32 level to turn around and show signs of bullishness. I believe that the 1.40 level is very important though.

The GBP/USD pair has rallied significantly during the session on Wednesday after falling before that. I think the 1.40 level above is going to be a target initially, but if we can break above there, and perhaps more importantly the 1.4050 level, the market should continue to go even higher, reaching towards the 1.4150 handle. I do believe in the longer-term uptrend, as I think that the US dollar will continue to struggle in general. This will be especially true if the treasury markets continue to sell off, as we have seen a lot of negativity in them recently.

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The alternate scenario is that we pull back from here, but I think there is plenty of support underneath, especially near the 1.38 handle, so I think that it’s only a matter of time before we get the opportunity to pick up value, and I think a lot of longer-term traders are starting to look at the situation in that light. I don’t have any interest in shorting, least not until we break down below what I think is very vital, the 1.3650 level. If we were to break down below there, the market would breakdown rather significantly, but I highly doubt we are going to see that happen anytime soon. Overall, I believe that the market will go to the 1.45 handle above, which is the top of a significant consolidation area that we had seen quite some time ago. It is going to be very noisy, but I think longer-term the buyers will win.

GBP/USD Video 22.02.18

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Christopher LewisSenior Analyst

Chris is a proprietary trader with more than 20 years of experience across various markets, including currencies, indices and commodities. As a senior analyst at FXEmpire since the website’s early days, he offers readers advanced market perspectives to navigate today’s financial landscape with confidence.

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