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Gold Price Analysis: Pares early losses, still in the red below $1650 level

  • Gold extended the previous session’s retracement slide from multi-year tops.
  • The intraday downfall managed to find some support near 38.2% Fibo. level.
  • The technical set-up support prospects for an extension of the corrective slide.

Gold extended previous day's intraday retracement slide from multi-year tops and witnessed some follow-through long-unwinding trade on Tuesday.

The pullback stalled near the 38.2% Fibonacci level of the $1548-$1689 recent upsurge, albeit bulls failed to capitalize on the attempted intraday bounce.

Meanwhile, technical indicators on the 1-hourly chart have already drifted into the negative territory and been losing positive traction on the 4-hourly chart.

Moreover, oscillators on the daily chart – though have corrected from recent highs – are still flashing slightly overbought conditions, suggesting further downfall.

However, it will be prudent to wait for some strong follow-through selling below the daily low level of $1633 before positioning for an extension of the corrective slide.

The commodity might then accelerate the fall further towards 50% Fibo. level, around the $1617 region, en-route the $1600 mark – coinciding with 61.8% Fibo. level.

On the flip side, the $1656 region (23.6% Fibo.) now seems to have emerged as an immediate resistance, which if cleared, might negate prospects for any further weakness.

Gold 4-hourly chart

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XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price1643.56
Today Daily Change-16.12
Today Daily Change %-0.97
Today daily open1659.68
 
Trends
Daily SMA201586.17
Daily SMA501554.59
Daily SMA1001516.85
Daily SMA2001476.29
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1689.4
Previous Daily Low1643.52
Previous Weekly High1649.32
Previous Weekly Low1578.88
Previous Monthly High1611.53
Previous Monthly Low1517.1
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1671.87
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1661.05
Daily Pivot Point S11639
Daily Pivot Point S21618.32
Daily Pivot Point S31593.12
Daily Pivot Point R11684.88
Daily Pivot Point R21710.08
Daily Pivot Point R31730.76

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Haresh Menghani

Haresh Menghani is a detail-oriented professional with 10+ years of extensive experience in analysing the global financial markets.

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