Live GBP/USD chart today
Switch timeframes from 1-minute to monthly, add indicators and draw on the chart. Data and tools by TradingView.
Technical-analysis summary
An automated read of oscillators and moving averages across timeframes. This is a mechanical signal summary, not a recommendation — read it alongside the fundamentals.
Pound & dollar cross rates
How GBP and USD stand against the other major currencies right now.
How to read the GBP/USD chart
The default candlestick view shows the open, high, low and close for each period. Green (or hollow) candles mean the rate finished higher than it opened; red (or filled) candles mean it finished lower. Use the timeframe controls to move from intraday to daily, weekly and monthly views — shorter timeframes show noise, longer ones show the trend.
Two reference points matter most for Cable. First, the interest-rate gap between the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve: when UK rates rise relative to US rates, sterling tends to firm, and vice-versa. Second, risk sentiment: the US dollar is the global safe haven, so GBP/USD often falls during market stress even when nothing UK-specific has changed. For the full list of drivers see what moves GBP/USD, and for the best hours to watch see the best time to trade Cable.
Choosing a GBP/USD chart timeframe
The interval selector at the top of the chart controls how much time each candle represents, and the right choice depends entirely on the question you are asking.
- 1-minute and 5-minute: the live intraday view. Each candle is a single minute of trading, so you see the current price tick by tick. Useful during the London–New York overlap and around Bank of England or Federal Reserve announcements; almost meaningless overnight, when the pair barely moves.
- 1-hour and 4-hour: the swing view. Enough detail to see the shape of a move, enough compression to see where it started. This is where intraday support and resistance levels are usually drawn.
- Daily: the default here, and the standard reference for “the GBP/USD chart today”. One candle per trading day, closing at 5pm New York.
- Weekly and monthly: the trend view. At this scale the interest-rate cycle and the big political events — Black Wednesday, the referendum, the 2022 low — are visible as single features rather than noise. See the pound-to-dollar history for what each one was.
Why the live chart and the rate box can differ slightly
The reference rate at the top of this page comes from an open mid-market data feed that samples periodically. The interactive chart draws on a separate live market data stream. Both describe the same pound-dollar market, but they are sampled at different moments, so during a fast move they can be a few pips apart. Neither is the rate a bank or transfer service will give you — see mid-market vs bank rates for that gap.