EUR/GBP Forms Hourly Head and Shoulders Reversal Pattern

EUR/GBP has started to the New Year with negative momentum as prices form a bearish reversal pattern on lower timeframes…

Recent price action on EUR/GBP’s hourly candle chart indicates that this key currency cross may be starting to rollover. A clear head and shoulders reversal pattern has formed with prices breaking below the ‘neckline’ of the pattern during today’s early European trading. The RSI (relative strength index) on this timeframe serves to reinforce the reversal pattern – indicating that short-term momentum is clearly bearish.

EUR/GBP Hourly Candle Chart
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Higher Timeframe Context: EUR/GBP Daily Candle Chart

Candle patterns on the hourly candle chart should always be viewed within the context of a higher timeframe. The daily candle chart for EUR/GBP reflects a decisive mid-November to early-December sell-off, breaking the previously established ascending trendline from the autumn.

The location of the hourly head and shoulders reversal pattern is within the 61.8% - 78.6% Fibonacci retracement zone of the mid-November to early-December sell-off.

EUR/GBP Daily Candle Chart
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EUR/GBP Key Events:
  • Thursday 4th Jan 07:45 (UK Time) French CPI Data
  • Thursday 4th Jan 13:00 (UK Time) German CPI Data
  • Friday 5th Jan 10:00 (UK Time) European CPI Data


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