The most active trading sessions for the GBP/USD currency pair occur in London and New York, with some activity during Asian markets from 2400 GMT to 0900 GMT..
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The first thing I see is that we broke well above the 1.33 level during the trading session, and therefore I think it’s only a matter of time before we go much higher.
Recent trades have seen the British Pound rise to near $1.33, its strongest level since February 2022, benefiting from the general weakness of the US dollar.
As expected, the GBP/USD has maintained its recent gains pending the reaction to the US and UK monetary policy decisions this week.
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The British pound has pulled back just a bit in the early hours on Tuesday, as we are looking at the 1.32 level as a bit of a ceiling, but perhaps more importantly, we are looking at a bullish flag offering a bit of resistance.
The GBP/USD exchange rate could test its 2024 high of 1.3250 if the Federal Reserve cuts US interest rates by 50 basis points this week.
The GBP/USD pair does in fact look very bullish.
At the beginning of this week, the GBP/USD pair was trading around $1.3158, up by about 0.2% from the previous Friday's levels.
While we did break above the 1.3150 level, we ended up giving back the gains and have closed the market with essentially what looks like a shooting star.
During my daily analysis of the GBP/USD pair, I see that we are bouncing a bit, and it does look like we are ready to go going higher
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The GBP/USD exchange rate recorded an increase in mid-week trading, with some analysts attributing the weakness of the US dollar to the strong performance of US presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
The pound sterling remained relatively unchanged at $1.3080 as traders digest new economic data and monetary policy outlook.
We anticipate further losses for the GBP/USD pair this week, but we believe the decline will be limited to the 1.3036 support level.
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Sign up to get the latest market updates and free signals directly to your inbox.During last Friday’s trading session, the US dollar fell and then recovered after the release of the weaker-than-expected US Labor market report.
You can see that the British pound initially rallied during the trading session on Friday, but then collapsed quite significantly to show extreme signs of weakness.
In my daily analysis of the GBP/USD pair, the market looks as if it is going to continue to go higher, and you can also make an argument that we are forming some type of bullish flag or possibly some type of pendant.