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GBP/USD: pound is cramped in the corridor
2020-04-20 • Updated
Recommendation:
BUY 1.3295
SL 1.3240
TP1 1.3415 TP2 1.352 TP3 1.3585
On The daily chart, GBP/USD approached the upper border of the 1.3045-1.3320 range, formed within “Spike and ledge” pattern. A successful test of resistance at 1.3320 will increase the risks of growth towards 1.3520 and 1.3585 with the following resumption of an uptrend.
On H1, GBP/USD reached the targets of the junior “Widening wedge”. A pullback to 38.2% of the wave 4-5 with the following return to 23.6% is usually used for buying. The test of resistance at 1.3295 will allow increasing longs.
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