EUR/GBP Up 23 Pips, in an Uptrend Over Past 14 Days; Price Base in Formation Over Past 90 Days
Relative to other instruments in the forex asset class, eur/gbp ranked 15th yesterday in terms of percentage price change.
(Last Updated April 15, 2021)
Welcome to the news page for EURGBP (EURGBP). Below you’ll find our daily market updates. Here’s a technical and fundamental summary of where things currently stand:
metric_name | reference_period | asset_name | asset_id | date | time | forecast | outcome |
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United Kingdom BoE Credit Conditions Survey | NA | British Pound | GBP | 2021-04-15 | 08:30 GMT | ||
Euro Area Eurogroup Video Conference | NA | Euro | EUR | 2021-04-16 | 08:00 GMT | ||
Euro Area Core Inflation Rate YoY Final | Mar 2021 | Euro | EUR | 2021-04-16 | 09:00 GMT | 0.9% | |
Euro Area Inflation Rate YoY Final | Mar 2021 | Euro | EUR | 2021-04-16 | 09:00 GMT | 1.3% | |
Euro Area Balance of Trade | Feb 2021 | Euro | EUR | 2021-04-16 | 09:00 GMT |
A trend/countertrend situation exists on EURGBP, in which an uptrend exists on shorter timeframes but a downtrend appears on the 90 day timeframe. As such, traders with short positions should be aware of the downtrend in place on the longer timeframes.
The moving averages on EURGBP summarize its price action in an interesting way. Of the 20, 50, 100, and 200 day averages — three of them (all but the 20) — are bearish, suggesting the trend is generally downward, save for a spike that occurred about 3 weeks ago.
Below is a chart showing EURGBP’s price with its moving averages.
As for assets in the Forex asset class EURGBP has been correlated to over the past week, it has demonstrated the strongest correlation with GBPJPY. If we zoom out to a two week basis, though, GBPCHF is the asset most correlated to EURGBP. On the flip side, NZDUSD has been the asset least correlated with EURGBP — but over the past two weeks, the asset least correlated with EURGBP has been USDCAD. The chart below illustrates EURGBP against its least correlated assets.
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At the time of this writing, EURGBP’s rate is up 15 pips (0.17%) from the week prior. Moreover, note that this is the 2nd consecutive week EURGBP has seen its price head up. Regarding the trend, note that the strongest trend exists on the 20 week timeframe. Looking further out, the moving averages on the weekly timeframe suggest a choppiness in price, as the are all in a mixed alignment — meaning the trend across timeframes is inconsistent, indicating a potential opportunity for rangebound traders. EURGBP’s weekly price action over the past 52 weeks can be seen via the chart below.
Clearest trend on the monthly is apparent at the 120 month timeframe.
Relative to other instruments in the forex asset class, eur/gbp ranked 15th yesterday in terms of percentage price change.
Relative to other instruments in the forex asset class, eur/gbp ranked 37th yesterday in terms of percentage price change.
As for the rationale, technical traders seem to be citing the appearance of divergence, fibonacci, relative strength index and triangle technical patterns.
Trend traders will want to observe that the strongest trend appears on the 14 day horizon; over that time period, price has been moving up.
Trend traders will want to observe that the strongest trend appears on the 14 day horizon; over that time period, price has been moving up.
The price move occurred on stronger volume, as measured by the number of tick price changes; specifically, yesterday’s volume was up 22.97% from the day prior, and up 90.4% from the same day the week before.
Relative to other instruments in the forex asset class, eur/gbp ranked 3rd yesterday in terms of percentage price change.
The price move occurred on volume — and we’re using the number of tick price changes as a proxy for volume — that was down 2.94% from the day prior, but up 52.53% from the same day the week before.
Volatility for eur/gbp has exploded over the past two weeks relative to the past 30 days, which technical traders will want to note.
Volatility for eur/gbp has exploded over the past two weeks relative to the past 30 days, which technical traders will want to note.