The upbeat note around the Sterling remains in place and motivates GBP/USD to maintain the daily bullish tone above the 1.2300 region in the wake of the BoE’s decision on rates.

GBP/USD recedes from earlier tops near 1.2340 and revisits the 1.2300 neighbourhood after the BoE raised the policy rate by 25 bps to 4.25%, as widely expected on Thursday. The vote to hike rates was 7-2, with members Tenreyro and Dhingra favouring an unchanged stance.

From the statement, the central bank still expects inflation to drop significantly in Q2 2023, while it sees the economic activity to increase slightly during the same period.

GBP/USD is auctioning in a Rising Channel chart pattern on a four-hour scale in which every pullback is considered as a buying opportunity by the market participants. The Cable is marching towards the horizontal resistance plotted from December 13 high at 1.2444.

The 20-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at 1.2245 is providing cushion to the Pound Sterling bulls.

A range shift move by the Relative Strength into the bullish arena of 40.00-80.00 from the bearish region of 20.00-60.00 indicates more upside ahead.

The Cable has already shown a stellar rally, therefore, a mean-reversion move to near 10-period EMA 1.2275 would be an optimal opportunity for making fresh long. This will drive the asset toward December 05 high at 1.2345 followed by the horizontal resistance plotted from December 13 high at 1.2444.

On the flip side, a breakdown below March 21 low at 1.2212 would drag the Cable toward the round-level support around 1.2100 and March 15 low around 1.2000.

1.24600 and below will act as a strong supply zone

Mar 23 2023