GBP/USD Price Forecast: Falls toward 1.3500 near nine-day EMA support
By Akhtar Faruqui
Updated: 21 Apr 2026
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GBP/USD inches lower after registering modest gains in the previous day, trading around 1.3520 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The technical analysis of the daily chart indicates an ongoing bullish bias, as the pair moves within the ascending channel pattern.
- GBP/USD may find the primary barrier at the two-month high of 1.3599.
- The 14-day Relative Strength Index near 59 remains positive, without indicating overbought conditions.
- The immediate support lies at the lower boundary of the ascending channel around 1.3500.
GBP/USD inches lower after registering modest gains in the previous day, trading around 1.3520 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The technical analysis of the daily chart indicates an ongoing bullish bias, as the pair moves within the ascending channel pattern.
The GBP/USD pair trades with a mildly bullish near-term bias, holding above both the nine-period and 50-period Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs). The short-term EMA trading above the longer one hints at constructive momentum.
The 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) around 59 stays in positive territory without yet signaling overbought conditions, suggesting room for further gains as long as the pair remains supported on dips.
The initial barrier lies at the two-month high of 1.3599, recorded on April 17, followed by the upper boundary of the ascending channel around 1.3750. A break above the channel would reinforce the bullish bias and support the GBP/USD pair to approach the 1.3869, the highest level since September 2021, reached on January 27.
On the downside, the GBP/USD pair may find its immediate support at the lower boundary of the ascending channel around 1.3500, followed by the nine-day EMA at 1.3493. Further declines below this confluence support zone would put downward pressure on the pair to test the 50-day EMA at 1.3423. A sustained break below the medium-term average would expose a nearly five-month low of 1.3159, recorded on March 31, followed by the 1.3010, the lowest since April 2025, which was recorded in November 2025.
(The technical analysis of this story was written with the help of an AI tool.)
Pound Sterling Price Today
The table below shows the percentage change of British Pound (GBP) against listed major currencies today. British Pound was the weakest against the New Zealand Dollar.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 0.09% | 0.10% | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.10% | -0.32% | 0.08% | |
| EUR | -0.09% | 0.02% | -0.02% | -0.09% | 0.04% | -0.41% | 0.00% | |
| GBP | -0.10% | -0.02% | -0.02% | -0.10% | 0.00% | -0.43% | -0.01% | |
| JPY | -0.06% | 0.02% | 0.02% | -0.05% | 0.02% | -0.43% | 0.00% | |
| CAD | -0.00% | 0.09% | 0.10% | 0.05% | 0.08% | -0.36% | 0.07% | |
| AUD | -0.10% | -0.04% | -0.01% | -0.02% | -0.08% | -0.44% | -0.01% | |
| NZD | 0.32% | 0.41% | 0.43% | 0.43% | 0.36% | 0.44% | 0.43% | |
| CHF | -0.08% | -0.00% | 0.01% | -0.01% | -0.07% | 0.00% | -0.43% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the British Pound from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent GBP (base)/USD (quote).
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