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Gold Price Analysis: $1,918 offers stiff resistance

  • Gold is bid, but the upside is being capped near $1,918. 
  • The weekly chart favors a move to fresh record highs above $1,920.

Gold appears on track to set a new record high above the September 2011 high of $1,920, having carved out a bullish marubozu candle last week - a sign of buyers controlling the price action. 

So far, however, the upside has been capped around $1,918. As can be seen in the 5-minute, the metal has faced multiple rejections at $1,918. 

That said, the uptrend line from the early Asian session low of $1,899 is still intact. The weekly chart, too, is reporting bullish conditions, as noted earlier. 

As such, it is only a matter of time before the metal prints fresh lifetime high above $1,920. 

5-min chart

Trend: Bullish

Technical levels

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price1915.28
Today Daily Change14.12
Today Daily Change %0.74
Today daily open1901.16
 
Trends
Daily SMA201810.85
Daily SMA501762.86
Daily SMA1001708.41
Daily SMA2001617.96
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1906.68
Previous Daily Low1881.52
Previous Weekly High1906.68
Previous Weekly Low1805.86
Previous Monthly High1785.91
Previous Monthly Low1670.76
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1897.07
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1891.13
Daily Pivot Point S11886.23
Daily Pivot Point S21871.29
Daily Pivot Point S31861.07
Daily Pivot Point R11911.39
Daily Pivot Point R21921.61
Daily Pivot Point R31936.55

Author

Omkar Godbole

Omkar Godbole

FXStreet Contributor

Omkar Godbole, editor and analyst, joined FXStreet after four years as a research analyst at several Indian brokerage companies.

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