Trading Tips:The GBP/USD pair sold-off yen another attempt towards hourly 50-SMA placed at 1.4432 and drifted a tad lower as traders remain on the backfoot ahead of the BOE’s ‘Super Thursday’. The GBP/USD pair trades almost unchanged at 1.4411, retreating quickly from fresh session highs posted at 1.4424 few minutes ago. The cable surrenders gains and once again pushes towards 1.44 handle as the ongoing weakness in the European stocks curbs investors’ appetite for riskier currencies such as the GBP. While the cable remains supported on the back of a renewed bout selling interest seen around the greenback against its six major rivals. The US dollar index now drops to fresh session lows of 99.82, down -0.10% versus a 0.16% rise seen earlier today.Moreover, markets refrain from placing big bets on the GBP/USD ahead of the BOE rate decision and minutes due to be published later this session. The BOE policy makers are expected to vote 8-1 in favour of keeping rate unadjusted at record low of 0.50% as also the asset purchases program unchanged.
RECOMMENDATION :
BUY GBP/USD ABOVE 1.4430 TARGET 1.4450 1.4480 SL 1.4000
SELL GBP/USD BELOW 1.4400 TARGET 1.4380 1.4350 SL 1.4470
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