GBP/USD: New 35-year low price last week
Yesterday’s signals were not triggered, as none of the key levels were reached during the London session.
Today’s GBP/USD Signals
Risk 0.75% per trade.
Trades may only be entered before 5pm London time today.
Short Trade Ideas
Go short following a bearish price action reversal on the H1 time frame immediately upon the next touch of 1.1710 or 1.1881 or 1.1997.
Put the stop loss 1 pip above the local swing high.
Move the stop loss to break even once the trade is 25 pips in profit.
Take off 50% of the position as profit when the price reaches 20 pips in profit and leave the remainder of the position to run.
Long Trade Idea
Go long following a bullish price action reversal on the H1 time frame immediately upon the next touch of 1.1400.
Put the stop loss 1 pip below the local swing low.
Move the stop loss to break even once the trade is 25 pips in profit.
Take off 50% of the position as profit when the price reaches 20 pips in profit and leave the remainder of the position to run.
The best method to identify a classic “price action reversal” is for an hourly candle to close, such as a pin bar, a doji, an outside or even just an engulfing candle with a higher close. You can exploit these levels or zones by watching the price action that occurs at the given levels.
GBP/USD Analysis
I wrote yesterday that we were seeing the final leg of a bearish head and shoulders pattern seeming to form from the nearest resistance level at 1.1710. I thought that the price was likely to fall for some hours but was also still likely to find support over the short term at 1.1500 or maybe below 1.1500. This was a good call as the price did fall to approximately 1.1450 before recovering. It is now moving up and looking likely to test the key resistance level at 1.1710 again at some time later today.
Technically, we see a wide bearish consolidation between the 35-year low at about 1.1400 which was reached last week, and the key resistance level at 1.1710, or maybe 1.1881. The Pound is finding some kind of floor after falling sharply as concerns mounted that the U.K. is on course for an Italian-style coronavirus outcome. Last night, the British Government put the force of law behind emergency lockdown measures. The USD is also selling off a little, which has helped the stabilization.
I think the medium to long-term outlook remains bearish, as it seems far from certain that the measures the U.K. has ordered to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus will be enforceable or strongly effective, as pictures of crowded trains in London this morning seemed to confirm. However, I would want to see the price break to new lows below 1.1400 before being strongly bearish, although speculative short trades from reversals at 1.1710 or (especially) 1.1881 also look attractive. I would not want to take any long trades today although the short-term price action does look relatively bullish.
Concerning the GBP, there will be a release of Flash Services & Manufacturing PMI data at 9:30am London time. Regarding the USD, there will be a release of Flash Manufacturing PMI data at 1:45pm.