GBPUSD—somewhat mixed

From its low of 1.5192 yesterday, the pair climbed to a high of 1.5434 earlier today before dropping back to 1.5336. That price was where it touched the short time uptrend line on the hourly chart and I took a long position at 1.5358. On the 15-minute chart it made a nice solid hammer so if price dips below that point it's a sign of weakness. I might consider reversing at that point. What I don't like about the chart is that on the hourly, the price action looks corrective possibly beginning leg C of an ABC correction.

Bottom line is that this is going to require USD weakness to get anywhere with this trade. While I have some price projections up to 1.6160 and beyond, I'm not sure that's going to happen anytime soon.

Resistance is at 1.5416/34, 1.5453, and 1.5523. Support is at 1.5336, 1.5291, and 1.5192.

Here's the hourly chart:













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