Gold – Morning doji star formation pattern to complete a short-term bottom

Steve O'Hare Signal Centre

Technical

Weekly: The sideways consolidation continued although the market managed to post a significant low at 1160 in mid-August. Levels close to the 78.6% pullback level of 1175 found buyers. This weeks’ price action is forming a bullish hammer. Price action looks to be forming a bottom.

Daily: The selloff from 1243 has stalled at the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement (1194). This completed and ABCD correction. A morning doji star formation has been posted and this is likely to lead to further gains to complete another ABCD correction on the longer time-frame. Our bias remains bullish and further upside is expected to target resistance at 1243 &1279.

Action: We look to Buy at 1215

Stop: 1195

Target: 1243, 1260 and 1279

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Steve O'Hare

Signal Centre

Steve has over 30 years of trading experience in Commodity, Equity and Fixed Income markets, in both research and trading.

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