UK Jobless Claim Change(OCT): Expectations

In a couple of hours time, UK will be announcing the change in the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits in Oct. Analysts estimates point to a 0.5K drop in number of claimants, believing that employment climate in UK will continue to improve.

Hourly Chart

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Price is currently trading just below 1.59, with 1.5915 acting as the upper limit for current trading range. A much better than expected data release may push price towards 1.5915, with a possibility of break should data outperform tremendously. However, traders should wait and see if bears retake 1.5915 for a better gauge of mid-term trend.

Daily Chart

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A worse than expected showing may help the downtrend identified via the Daily Chart, with current price trading just below August 22nd – 23rd swing high. Daily chart also suggest potential resistance just around 1.595 thereabouts which was acting as support before the bearish engulfing candle on 9th Nov.

 

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