Gold 1795,67
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EURUSD 1,2176
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DJIA 31997,50
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OIL.WTI 63,345
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DAX 14008
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The English monetary unit resembles the movement of a tank. It rides off-road, crushing its rivals harshly and mercilessly and advancing. From time to time the tank moves out onto the tarmac and speeds up.
GBP/USD
This is exactly what we see in the chart above. Incidentally, it shows a rising channel, which has not changed a bit since our last review of sterling, issued some 10 days ago.
As we have been drawing the attention of our subscribers, the British currency continues to appreciate. And on Wednesday, it accelerated to the point where it even broke the upper boundary of the channel. As we know from technical analysis, such a break-up is false in most of the cases (unlike the channel’s lower boundary). But even such false breakthrough only confirms the force of the market trend.
New inputs for the pound and the UK economy have emerged
The UK Prime Minister has proposed a plan to lift restrictions over COVID-19. It consists of four stages. All restrictions are planned to be lifted by the end of June, if the situation allows it.
That is, the majority of people in Foggy Albion will be vaccinated or have antibodies as early as summer. It was in the background of this news that the British currency accelerated its growth earlier this week.
And of course in Europe the situation with mass vaccination does not look so optimistic. The best proof of this is the chart of EUR/USD, which we urge everybody to watch again, on the timeframe D1.
Our forecast remains the same. In 2021, we should see a breakdown of the 1.50 level in the Pound/Dollar pair.
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