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Gold Price Analysis: Short-term ascending triangle keeps bears hopeful

  • Gold remains below $1560/62 area since late-January 08.
  • Four-day-old rising trend line limits immediate declines.
  • A lack of momentum seems to trouble traders.

Gold prices seesaw around $1,558 during early Monday. The yellow metal recently took a U-turn from multi-day-old horizontal resistance but is still trading inside the short-term rising triangle. Also, RSI and MACD are troubling traders while portraying no major momentum.

However, multiple pullbacks from $1,560/62, coupled with broad US dollar strength, keep the odds of the bullion’s declines.

With this, sellers’ will look for a clear break of $1,555 to aim for the mid-month low surrounding $1,547 and the monthly bottom near $1,543 during further declines.

Alternatively, buyers could sneak in if the quote rallies successfully beyond $1,562. In doing so, 50% and 61.8% Fibonacci retracements of the declines from January 08 to January 15, at $1,573 and $1,582 respectively, will please the bulls.

Gold four-hour chart

Trend: Sideways

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price1558.44
Today Daily Change1.26
Today Daily Change %0.08%
Today daily open1557.18
 
Trends
Daily SMA201535.12
Daily SMA501494.78
Daily SMA1001497.16
Daily SMA2001437.38
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1561.26
Previous Daily Low1549.66
Previous Weekly High1562
Previous Weekly Low1536.35
Previous Monthly High1525.1
Previous Monthly Low1454.05
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1556.83
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1554.09
Daily Pivot Point S11550.81
Daily Pivot Point S21544.43
Daily Pivot Point S31539.2
Daily Pivot Point R11562.41
Daily Pivot Point R21567.64
Daily Pivot Point R31574.02

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Anil Panchal

Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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