September British pound futures (B6U25) present a buying opportunity on more price strength.

See on the daily bar chart for the September British pound futures that prices are trending higher and have just hit a three-week high. The bulls have the solid near-term technical advantage to suggest still more price upside in the near term.

Fundamentally, the United Kingdom’s economy is healthy, overall, and the U.K. and the U.S. are on better trading terms than is the case with the U.S. with most other countries. Meantime, the U.S. economy has also shown some strength but the recent downgrade of U.S. debt by Moody’s reminds currency traders of the high U.S. debt burden and fiscal problems. There are also increasing worries of inflation or even stagflation for the U.S. economy in the coming months.

A move in the September British pound futures above chart resistance at this week’s high of 1.3600 would become a buying opportunity. The upside price objective would be 1.4200, or above. Technical support, for which to place a protective sell stop just below, is located at 1.3350.

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