GBP/USD Price Analysis: Retreats from three-month high, drops below 1.2800

GBP/USD retreats at technical confluence around 1.2800.
Key support levels lie at 1.2694, 1.2635, and 1.2600.
The GBP/USD could test a YTD high if buyers reclaim 1.2800.

The British Pound lost ground versus the US Dollar after hitting a three-month high of 1.2817 yet retreated below 1.2800 during the European session. Data from the United States showed the labor market is cooling yet keeping the Greenback in the driver’s seat. The GBP/USD trades at 1.2775, down 0.25%.

GBP/USD Price Analysis: Technical outlook

The daily chart portrays the pair as neutral-upward biased but struggling to clear the confluence of a downslope resistance trendline drawn from July highs, which passes at around 1.2800. Although momentum favors buyers, as shown by the Relative Strength Index (RSI), the RSI is aiming lower.

The GBP/USD first support would be the June 3 low of 1.2694. Once cleared, the next stop would be the 100-day moving average (DMA), which converges with the May 3 high at 1.2635, followed by the 1.2600 mark.

On the flip side, buyers reclaiming 1.2800 could sponsor a test of the year-to-date (YTD) high of 1.2893, followed by 1.2900.

GBP/USD Price Action – Daily Chart

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.278
Today Daily Change	-0.0028
Today Daily Change %	-0.22
Today daily open	1.2808

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.2667
Daily SMA50	1.2589
Daily SMA100	1.2634
Daily SMA200	1.2543

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.2809
Previous Daily Low	1.2695
Previous Weekly High	1.2801
Previous Weekly Low	1.2681
Previous Monthly High	1.2801
Previous Monthly Low	1.2446
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.2765
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.2738
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.2732
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.2656
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.2618
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.2846
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.2884
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.296

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