GBP/USD Price Analysis: Bears look to seize control, break below 200 DMA awaited

GBP/USD meets with aggressive supply on Thursday and dives back closer to the weekly low.
The setup favours bears and supports prospects for an eventual break below the 200 DMA.
A sustained move beyond the 50-day SMA is needed to negate the near-term bearish outlook.

Haresh Menghani FXStreet

The GBP/USD pair comes under intense selling pressure on Thursday and extends its intraday downward trajectory heading into the North American session. The pair is currently placed below the mid-1.1900s, down over 0.60% for the day, and remains well within the striking distance of the weekly low touched on Monday.

Looking at the broader picture, the GBP/USD pair is trading just above a technically significant 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) support, currently pegged around the 1.1920-1.1915 region. The said area coincides with the lower end of a short-term trading range witnessed over the past two weeks or so, which constitutes the formation of a rectangle on the daily chart.

Given that oscillators on the daily have just started gaining negative traction, a convincing break below a technically significant SMA will be seen as a fresh trigger for bearish traders. The GBP/USD could then slide towards retesting the YTD low, around the 1.1840 area set in January, which if broken will complete a bearish double-top pattern formed near the 1.2445-1.2450 region.

On the flip side, attempted recovery moves might now confront stiff resistance near the 1.2000 psychological mark ahead of the daily swing high, around the 1.2035 region and the 1.2065-1.2070 supply zone. Any subsequent move-up could attract fresh sellers near the 1.2100 mark and remain capped near the 50-day SMA strong barrier, currently around the 1.2135-1.2140 area.

Some follow-through buying has the potential to lift the GBP/USD pair towards the 1.2200 round-figure mark en route to the February 14 swing high, around the 1.2265-1.2270 region. A sustained strength beyond the latter will suggest that the slide from the 1.2445-1.2450 supply zone has run its course and shift the near-term bias back in favour of bullish traders.

GBP/USD daily chart

Key levels to watch

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.1955
Today Daily Change	-0.0064
Today Daily Change %	-0.53
Today daily open	1.2019

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.2062
Daily SMA50	1.2143
Daily SMA100	1.197
Daily SMA200	1.1923

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.209
Previous Daily Low	1.1965
Previous Weekly High	1.2148
Previous Weekly Low	1.1928
Previous Monthly High	1.2402
Previous Monthly Low	1.1915
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.2013
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.2042
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.1959
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.19
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.1835
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.2084
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.2149
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.2208

Author

Haresh Menghani

FXStreet

Haresh Menghani is a detail-oriented professional with 10+ years of extensive experience in analysing the global financial markets.

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