GBP's historical "Complex head and shoulders top" (bear market)Looking at the historical charts of British pound (since 1953) I noticed that it formed quite a fine complex head and shoulders with double top and multiple shoulders. This pattern is described in detail by Thomas Bulkowski in the Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns. The performance of this pattern in bear market is 8 out of 21. The breakout from neckline occurred in the early 2017. In 60 % of cases of "complex head and shoulders tops" pullbacks occur in 60 % of cases (in bear market) what we have just witnessed. Price pulled back to neckline. Percentage meeting price target is 45 % and tall patterns perform better than short ones (we do have a tall head of 17 months span). If the rally meets the price target, it will be the ultimate historical bottom for GBP, lower than the decline of 1985! This will cause economic turmoils in the UK (situation is already tense because of Brexit turmoil) and possible secession of pro-EU Scotland. This decline is not surprising as GBP has been in decline since 1953 - it dropped from 2.81 to 1.35 against the USD in the course of 68 years). I believe this is a great chance for long term sells of GBPJPY (JPY as standalone index already shines bullish and is going to rise through summer and fall), GBPCAD (as CAD is to strengthen through the summer, from early June I would say), GBPCHF (frank is also strong and is starting a bullish rally this month, bullish signs already in play), GBPNZD (from July when Kiwi will turn bullish) and GBPUSD too. We will see massive bearish rallies on those pairs this year. EURGBP isnt a good choice as both currencies are in decline (forming a consolidating market), though GBP is gonna move down faster.
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British pound falling...British Pound has been in a free fall since 2008. A year a ago (January 2017) it started doing a retrace and pulled back to the fib level. It didnt manage to establish itself above the fib level forming a double top. Now it started falling again. Expect a significant drop (the size of double top formation - from neck to top) when it breaks through a yearly trendline. That should happen in a few days. Today (28.04) it dropped massively forming a gap (if you look at normal candles, I used Heiken Ashi in this chart). A falling gap (window) is a sign of further bearish trend. Tomorrow it might slightly pull back into ATR channel (today it fell out of it). And in a few days we should see a further ride down. Prepare for for more GBP pairs sales esp. against traditionally strong currencies as safe haven JPY or gold driven AUD.
BXY Weekly updateConfirmation of a completed wave 4 has yet to be confirmed. AO cross below 0 confirms the completion of the 4 wave weekly. Channel traders can use a channel brake for confirmation. Wave 1 equality and fib 1.618 extension gives us a projected price of the 114-113.6 area. Our trade zone will be the blue box to protect us from a truncated fifth wave. At that point protect your short positions with good trade management that will also allow you to exploit the maximum of the fifth wave projection. I will be looking for short opportunities in GU to trade pound weakness. Combined with projected dollar strength GU can be giving us some high probability opportunities.
I think the picture is more clear here:still a Butterfly patternI already made a bearish forecast for the GBPUSD but maybe with the BXY can explain my point clearer. In march 27 I made a forecast of a Cypher pattern, but it really was a Butterfly, anyway it was a great trade.
For now, in the chart you can see the rising wedge we had been trading in between those gross pink lines since early 2017. The most important thing, is that after thursday election + DXY bullish correction, we can expect the BXY to feel some weakenes in next weeks due political uncertainties about Brexit results and negotiations. Just a guess....
For this trade our EP will be 127.000 SL 127.800, TP1 will be 0.618 fibo retracement for 125.000 and TP2 or 123.200. dont be greedy and take your profits 1 by 1.