Price action on GBP/USD (a 4-hour chart of which is shown) as of Wednesday (10/06/2010) has been adhering to a rough parallel uptrend channel since mid-September after pivoting off the lows around 1.5300 in early September. Within this uptrend channel, a clear upside resistance target currently resides in the key 1.6000 price region. For more technical analysis on this currency pair, please click here for Wednesday’s (10/06/2010) Chart of the Day.
James Chen, CTA, CMT
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Price action on GBP/USD (a 4-hour chart of which is shown) as of Friday (10/08/2010) has continued to adhere to a parallel uptrend channel extending back to the September lows around 1.5300. Price has just bounced up off the bottom of the channel on Friday, after having reached and slightly surpassed its original 1.6000 resistance target and then retreating on Thursday. For more technical analysis on this currency pair, please click here for Friday’s (10/08/2010) Chart of the Day.