The GBPJPY pair witnessed fluctuated trading on its last intraday levels, after its decline due to the emergence of the negative signals on the (RSI), after reaching overbought levels, the price attempts to gain a bullish momentum that might assist it to recover and rise again, to lean on the EMA50, the fluctuated trading assisted it to rise, amid the dominance of the main bullish trend and its trading alongside a minor bias line on the short-term basis.

Therefore, our expectations suggest a rise of (GBPJPY) in its upcoming intraday trading, if the support settles at 198.75, to target the critical resistance level at 199.80, preparing to attack it.

The expected trading range for today is between 198.75 and 199.80

Trend forecast: Bullish

The EURJPY pair declined in its last intraday levels, to gain a positive momentum that might assist it to recover and rise again, and it attempts to offload its clear overbought conditions on the (RSI), especially with the emergence of the negative signals from there, to test a main bullish trend line on the short-term basis, accompanied by its lean on the support of its EMA50, reinforcing the importance of this area as a strong support that prevents the price turn to the bearish track on the near-term basis.

Therefore, our expectations suggest the (EURJPY) price rise in its upcoming intraday trading, conditioned by the stability of the support at 172.25, to target the critical resistance at 173.25 preparing to attack it.

The expected trading range for today is between 172.00 and 174.00

Trend forecast: Bullish

The (EURGBP) price settled high in its last intraday trading, supported by its continuous trading above its EMA50, with the emergence of the positive signals on the (RSI), after reaching exaggerated oversold levels compared to the price move, which makes the price confirms breaching bearish correctional trend line on the short-term basis by its last gains, amid its trading within a minor bullish channel’s range on its intraday levels.

Therefore, our expectations suggest a rise in (EURGBP) price in its upcoming intraday trading, if the support level settles at 0.8660, to target the key resistance level at 0.8680. 

The expected trading range for today is between 0.8660 and 0.8680

Trend forecast: Bullish

July 20, 2025 – Written by David Woodsmith

STORY LINK Turning Point for Pound Sterling? Pound to Dollar Forecast Update

The Pound-to-Dollar exchange rate (GBP/USD) found support at 1.3370 on Thursday and has rallied to 1.3460 in Europe on Friday.

Firm US data underpinned the dollar on Thursday, but it has retreated on Friday

Risk appetite holds firm which has provided an element of Pound support.

A key question is whether the Pound has found a turning point or whether it is a short-term correction within a larger underlying retreat.

UoB commented; “downward momentum has slowed somewhat, but we will maintain our view as long as 1.3490 (‘strong resistance’ previously at 1.3500) is not breached.”

According to Scotiabank, there is the possibility of a double bottom, but it is not convinced and added; “A return to the 50 day MA (1.3505) would provide further reassurance that the bull trend remains intact. We look to near-term support below 1.3400 and see no resistance ahead of 1.3550.”

Federal Reserve policy will remain a key element with further speculation over the interest rate trends as well as the crucial issue of central bank independence.

In comments on Thursday, Fed Governor Waller stated that the central bank should cut interest rates at the July policy meeting.

Markets are pricing in less than a 5% chance of a rate cut at the July meeting with the chances of a September cut around 40%.

ING commented; “Without Trump’s relentless pressure and the dovish dissent from Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman, September likely wouldn’t be on the table. Yesterday, we heard from Waller that the Fed should cut rates at the July meeting due to the weakening labour market, while on the data side, retail sales came in strong and initial jobless claims continued to cool.”

It added; “One of our key calls this summer is that this return to dollar ‘functionality’ reduces the likelihood of new selloffs – unless Trump fires Fed Chair Jay Powell (as Wednesday’s brief dollar collapse showed) or escalates protectionism beyond markets’ current tolerance, particularly against China. We don’t expect either, and still see some dollar support in the coming months.”

There are still concerns over the attacks on Fed independence.

According to Commonwealth Bank of Australia “The USD remains vulnerable to the downside if concerns about U.S. policymaking further undermine investor confidence in USD assets.”

MUFG is also still concerned over the on-going threat of political interference; “So this threat to the Fed independence will not go away. Whether it’s via explicit attempts to fire Powell, or continuously undermine him through Congressional interference (Fed building renovations criticism continues to build) damage is being done to the independence and credibility of the Fed.”

HSBC added; “the topic of Fed independence remains front and centre for the FX market. This structural concern, rather than the cyclical angle, is the key Fed-related driver for the USD.”

The Bank of England (BoE) policy debate will also continue.

Citifx expects an August cut, but is no longer backing a cut in September as well. It does, however, expect cut at every meeting from November to March. This could lead to Pound pressure later in 2025.

Goldman Sachs takes the same view. The bank’s chief European economist Sven Jari Stehn commented; “While the hurdle for speeding up cuts in September looks higher after this week’s data, we now expect sequential cuts from November until reaching a 3% terminal rate in March 2026 (versus February before).

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• GBP/USD remains under pressure amid persistent dollar strength and fading BoE rate hike bets.
• UK CPI surprised to the upside, but markets doubt the BoE will respond with another hike.
• Next week’s focus shifts to UK and US PMIs, both likely to shape GBP/USD’s near-term trajectory.

The GBP/USD price closed lower for the week, sliding from the 1.3485 region toward 1.3400, as the US dollar found fresh demand and UK rate expectations softened.
The major event was the UK CPI print, which came in hotter than expected at 3.6% YoY vs. 3.4% forecast.

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This initially boosted the pound, with traders pricing in a possible late-cycle rate hike by the BoE. However, the rally fizzled after BoE members remained non-committal on future tightening, citing underlying disinflationary trends and weak wage growth.

Across the Atlantic, the US CPI data showed cooling inflation, but not enough to convince markets of a near-term Fed rate cut, especially as Fed Chair Powell’s comments leaned hawkish.

Risk sentiment was further dampened by political headlines, including rumors (later denied) that Trump may replace Fed Chair Powell if elected. The dollar rebounded sharply after the denial, causing GBP/USD to fall.

Upcoming Events for GBP/USD

Next week offers a mix of high-impact UK and US data:

• UK S&P Global PMIs (Wednesday): A soft reading could reinforce concerns over UK economic momentum, weighing on sterling.
• US S&P Global PMIs (Thursday): The PMI readings may reveal the economic strength of the US that may potentially impact the Fed’s monetary policy.
• UK Retail Sales (Friday): The data will feed into broader sentiment about UK demand-side weakness.

Markets will also be watching for Fed speak and BoE commentary, especially after the recent inflation prints.

GBP/USD weekly technical forecast: Bears aiming for 100-day SMA

The daily chart for the GBP/USD shows a weakening momentum as bearish pressure intensifies around 1.3400. However, the current price level coincides with a solid support. The last few daily candles show a bearish momentum, while the 20-day and 50-day SMAs have also turned bearish.

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The next target for the bears lies at the 100-day SMA near the 1.3300 region ahead of the next support at 1.3150. The RSI value is near 40.0, which indicates the probability of further downside cannot be ruled out.

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Despite the weakness of copper price trading, its success in holding above support level at $5.3200 reinforces the chances of renewing the bullish rally, by the attempt to provide clear pressures on the barrier at $5.5100.

We recommend waiting to breach the current barrier to open the way towards achieving several gains, which might begin at $5.6700 and $5.9700, while the decline below the support will cancel the bullish suggestion in the near trading, which forces it to suffer some losses by reaching $5.1500 and $4.9800. 

The expected trading range for today is between $5.4200 and $5.6700

Trend forecast: Bullish

The EURJPY pair kept its stability above the breached bullish channel’s resistance, which forms an extra support at 172.10, forming a new bullish rally and its fluctuation near 173.00 level.

Note that monitoring the price behavior after achieving the target at 173.40, due to the continuation of stochastic contradiction by its fluctuations below 80 level, and surpassing this level is important to reinforce the chances for resuming the bullish attack and reaching new positive stations that might extend to 173.85 and 174.40, while activating the bearish correctional track requires a sharp decline to settle below 172.00.

The expected trading range for today is between 172.10 and 173.85.

Trend forecast: Bullish

• The British pound has rallied against the Japanese yen during the trading session on Thursday, as it looks like we are trying to do everything we can to break above the 200 Yen level.
• This obviously is a large, round, psychologically significant figure, and therefore people will be paying close attention to it.
• If we were to break above the ¥200 level, then it opens up the possibility of a bigger move, with the market looking to get too much higher levels.

On the downside, I see the ¥198 level as the bottom of this consolidation area, so what I want to see is this market stay above the crucial ¥190 level, which is a pretty significant area going back multiple days. If we were to break down below there, then I think you might have a bigger problem. If we can break below there, then it’s very possible that we could drop all the way down to the ¥196 region.

Risk appetite

Keep in mind that the pair is highly sensitive to risk appetite overall, as the Japanese yen is considered to be a safety currency, while the British pound is considered to be a little bit “riskier”, although that doesn’t necessarily mean that the United Kingdom is a place where I’d be worried about putting my money. It just seems to be the overall attitude of this pair.

With that being said, I think that you need to pay close attention to what is going on here, but I would point out that risk appetite has been pretty good on Thursday, so we need just a bit more positive attitude out there I think to send this market to the upside. All things being equal, this is a market that I think continues to be very noisy but given enough time I do think that we below passed the ¥200 level and continue to go higher.

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Despite the weakness of copper price trading, its success in holding above support level at $5.3200 reinforces the chances of renewing the bullish rally, by the attempt to provide clear pressures on the barrier at $5.5100.

We recommend waiting to breach the current barrier to open the way towards achieving several gains, which might begin at $5.6700 and $5.9700, while the decline below the support will cancel the bullish suggestion in the near trading, which forces it to suffer some losses by reaching $5.1500 and $4.9800. 

The expected trading range for today is between $5.4200 and $5.6700

Trend forecast: Bullish

• GBP/USD trades in positive territory above 1.3400 on Friday.
• The technical outlook suggests that the bearish pressure is easing.
• The University of Michigan will publish the preliminary Consumer Sentiment Index for July.

Following Thursday’s choppy action, GBP/USD gains traction and rises toward 1.3450 in the European session on Friday.

Although Pound Sterling managed to hold its ground following the employment report, the upbeat data releases from the US supported the US Dollar and made it difficult for the pair to gather bullish momentum on Thursday.

The US Census Bureau reported that Retail Sales in the US rose by 0.6% on a monthly basis in June, surpassing the market forecast for an increase of 0.1%. Additionally, the number of first-time applications for unemployment benefits declined to 221,000 from 228,000 in the previous week.

Meanwhile, dovish comments from Federal Reserve (Fed) Governor Christopher Waller, who said late Thursday that he continues to believe that the Fed should cut its interest rate target at the July meeting, limited the USD’s gains and allowed GBP/USD to keep its footing.

The University of Michigan (UoM) will release the preliminary Consumer Sentiment Index data for July later in the day. Investors could ignore the headline number and react to the 1-year Consumer Inflation Expectations component of the survey. A noticeable increase in this data could boost the USD with the immediate reaction. Nevertheless, in case markets remain risk-positive heading into the weekend, GBP/USD could stretch higher. At the time of press, US stock index futures were up between 0.1% and 0.2%.

GBP/USD Technical Analysis

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) indicator on the 4-hour chart recovered to 50 and GBP/USD closed the last three 4-hour candles above the 20-period Simple Moving Average (SMA), reflecting a lack of seller interest.

On the upside, 1.3470 (Fibonacci 50% retracement of the latest uptrend) aligns as the first resistance level before 1.3500 (static level, round level) and 1.3540 (Fibonacci 38.2% retracement). Looking south, support levels could be seen at 1.3400-1.3390 (round level, Fibonacci 61.8% retracement) and 1.3300 (Fibonacci 78.6% retracement).