First, we look into the previous day trade and what happened on August 3, 2018, and the GBP/USD pair opened at 1.30145 and went high at 1.30378 and gone to low at 1.29850 and finally closed at 1.29965. The calculated pivot point for the day is 1.30064.

The difference between high and low was nearly 0.528 points and there was a good chance for traders to take the opportunity and finally benefit.  Now there is an opportunity where the market is trying to form lower to higher & consolidation levels fora few days.

Hourly (4 hrs) chart followers and traders should go for buy at 1.30127, 1.30616 and sell at 1.29754, 1.29408 levels, in order to get a good profit. For a few days, the pair was ranging from 1.2964 to 1.3350 levels and started moving to lower levels due to the dollar becoming strong for various reasons. Traders should be cautious since it reached the oversold region.

TRADERS SHOULD OBSERVE AT THESE LEVELS FOR THEIR TRADING

Level

First Level

Second Level

Third Level

Selling Level

1.2900

1.2850

1.2800

Buying Level

1.2974

1.3004

1.3033

EVENTS TO BE OBSERVED BY TRADERS AT THESE TIMINGS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE 

GBPUSD FUNDAMENTALS TODAY

 

GMT

 

Event

Actual

Previous

08:30

 EUR Sentix Investor Confidence

14.7

12.1

n/a

 USD Loan Officer Survey

   

15:30

 USD 3-Month Bill Auction

 

2%

15:30

 USD 6-Month Bill Auction

 

2.16%

23:01

 GBP BRC Like-For-Like Retail Sales (YoY)

 

1.1%