Holidaymakers warned pound could weaken further against euro

Uncertainty continues with this currency pairing, but our chartist feels comfortable with this forecast.

GBP:EUR Big Picture

Sometimes this pair defies any sort of logic, but, as projected last month, the relationship indeed met criteria and founders from the €1.17 level down to the €1.12 level. We suspect, given the calibre of politicians involved, this was almost like predicting rain in Scotland - inevitable.

• Here's what's in store for the pound vs euro

Source: Trends and Targets      Past performance is not a guide to future performance

At present, the pairing needs above €1.13 just to exceed the immediate pace of descent but we shall be more interested only if it somehow exceeds €1.14 and rises to €1.1503.

While fairly insignificant, things get a little more interesting if €1.153 is bettered. This will tend to imply some strength is present, indicating the potential of growth toward €1.169 next.

Calculating above €1.169 is a bit dodgy but the key trigger level for "proper" movement of €1.20 still appears viable.

However...

We're occasionally mentioning "on the first surge" to highlight something useful about our target levels. For instance, the graphic above highlights that on May 31, GBP:EUR achieved our $1.1285, even closing the session at exactly this level.

But, importantly, during the session, it broke below to $1.1268. In plain English, this created a scenario where regardless of what followed, our secondary drop target became viable.

The situation now is fairly plain as anything now below $1.12 looks very capable of travel down to an initial $1.1092 next.

Secondary, if (when) broken on the first surge is at a bottom, hopefully, of $1.085.

In conventional circumstances, we'd already feel comfortable assuming GBP:EUR is already heading down to the €1.085 level.

Below such a point will require another hard stir of the tea leaves.

Source: Trends and Targets      Past performance is not a guide to future performance

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