GBP/USD Stages Six-Day Rally for First Time in 2025

British Pound Outlook: GBP/USD

GBP/USD climbs to a fresh yearly high (1.3252) as it stages a six-day rally for the first time in 2025, and the exchange rate may attempt to test the October high (1.3390) as it appears to be tracking the positive slope in the 50-Day SMA (1.2801).

GBP/USD Stages Six-Day Rally for First Time in 2025

GBP/USD continues to carve a series of higher highs and lows after testing the moving average during the previous week, with the bullish price series pushing the Relative Strength Index (RSI) towards overbought territory.

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In turn, a move above 70 in the RSI is likely to be accompanied by a further rise in GBP/USD like the price action from earlier this year, but the oscillator may show the bullish momentum abating should it struggle to push into overbought territory.

UK Economic Calendar

Looking ahead, the update to the UK Consumer Price Index (CPI) may sway GBP/USD as the headline and core reading are expected to narrow in March, and signs of slowing inflation may encourage the Bank of England (BoE) to further unwind its restrictive policy as the central bank acknowledges that ‘there has been substantial progress on disinflation over the past two years.’

Meanwhile, a higher-than-expected UK CPI report may keep the BoE on the sidelines as ‘monetary policy will need to continue to remain restrictive for sufficiently long until the risks to inflation returning sustainably to the 2% target in the medium term have dissipated further,’ and indications of persistent price growth may keep GBP/USD afloat as it curbs speculation for lower UK interest rates.

With that said, the British Pound may continue to appreciate against its US counterpart as seems to be tracking the positive slope in the 50-Day SMA (1.2801), but the exchange rate may consolidate over the coming days should it snap the series of higher highs and lows carried over from last week.

GBP/USD Price Chart –Daily

Chart Prepared by David Song, Senior Strategist; GBP/USD on TradingView

GBP/USD rallies to a fresh yearly high (1.3252) following the failed attempt to break/close below the 1.2710 (23.6% Fibonacci extension) to 1.2760 (61.8% Fibonacci retracement) zone, and a break/close above 1.3310 (100% Fibonacci extension) may push the exchange rate towards the October high (1.3390).
Next area of interest comes in around 1.3410 (78/6% Fibonacci retracement), but lack of momentum to close above 1.3210 (50% Fibonacci extension) may curb the six-day rally in the exchange rate.
A move/close below the 1.3110 (23.6% Fibonacci retracement) to 1.3150 (23.6% Fibonacci extension) zone may push GBP/USD back towards 1.3010 (61.8% Fibonacci extension), with the next area of interest coming in around 1.2900 (23.6% Fibonacci retracement) to 1.2910 (50% Fibonacci extension).

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--- Written by David Song, Senior Strategist

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