The only news I saw other than the UK jobs report, which was not the catalyst for the GBPUSD nosedive, was this that came out within the past hour:
BOE Chief Economic Pill says there is still some work to do on the persistence of inflation; not unreasonable;e to believe that over the summer the BOE will see enough confidence to consider rate cuts….Source; Newsquawk.com
If this was the catalyst for the (over?) reaction down in GBPUSD, it is yet another indication of how hyper-sensitive markets are to any news that might impact interest rate cut expectations.
GBPUSD 1-HOUR CHART – LOOKS LIKE IY FELL OFF A CLIFF?
I am using this chart as it looks like GBPUSD fell off a cliff. This may reflect a thin market that has been buying GBPUSD this week.
Whatever the case, the key level on the downside, as pointed out yesterday, is 1.2502 as there is a void of key levels below it. So far, GBPUSD has paused above it.
On the upside, back above 1.2546, at a minimum, would be needed to ease the risk on the downside.
WHuke BTC flounders for direction, the 2 Amazing Trader red lines, otherwise known as an AT directional indicator, signaled a shift in risk to the upside.
To turn this more than just a bounce, it would need to break above 53441
UsdChf has a little more room to roam but I am interested in being on the bid of Swiss itself coming up. So UsdChf holds for a little while but not very much longer.
If we forget about BoJ , this pair is moving Up – it is in Buy mode on the daily.
If you have to play with this pair right now, go with very tight stops, but be aware that in the case BoJ reacts again, they might be executed way lower – so use your margin wisely and go very light to counter that slippage risk.