FX.co ★ Technical analysis of GBP/USD for April 20, 2022

The GBP/USD pair slipped below their immediate resistance levels of 1.3146 and 1.3108, opening the door for further downside.

The GBP/USD pair has remained bearish, the declining balance of Pound on the market indicates that long-term investors are unperturbed and continue to accumulate at every available opportunity around the range of 1.3146 and 1.2972.

The GBP/USD pair broke support which turned to strong resistance at the level of 1.3038. The level of 1.3038 coincides with a golden ratio (61.8% of Fibonacci), which is expected to act as major resistance today. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is considered overbought because it is around 70 which indicates to a saturation for the Pound.

The RSI is still signaling that the trend is downward - but it is still strong above the moving average (100). This suggests the pair will probably go up in coming hours for correction around the area of 1.3080 or/and 1.3108. Accordingly, the market is likely to show signs of a bullish trend temporary.

If the GBP/USD pair fails to break through the resistance level of 1.3080, the market will decline further to 1.3013. This would suggest a bearish market because the RSI indicator is still in a positive area and does not show any trend-reversal signs.

The pair is expected to drop lower towards at least 1.3013 with a view to test the daily pivot point.

Thus, the market is indicating a bearish opportunity below 1.3080 for that it will be good to sell at 1.3080 with the first target of 1.3013. It will also call for a downtrend in order to continue towards 1.2972. The daily strong support is seen at 1.2972.

On the contrary, if a breakout takes place at the resistance level of 1.3146 (the double top), then this scenario may become invalidated.

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