Gold Price Analysis: Surges to 3-week tops, beyond $1730 level


  • Gold caught some aggressive bids in the last hour and surged past the $1720-22 supply zone.
  • The set-up supports prospects for a move towards multi-year tops, around the $1748 region.

Gold finally broke out of its daily consolidative trading range and spiked to three-week tops, beyond the $1730 level. A convincing break through the $1720-22 supply zone was seen as a key trigger for bullish traders and the latest leg of a sudden spike in the last hour.

The mentioned hurdle marked a multi-week-old descending trend-line, which constituted towards the formation of a symmetrical triangle on the daily chart. A convincing break through an important barrier might have already shifted the near-term bias back in favour of bullish traders.

Meanwhile, technical indicators on the daily chart maintained their bullish bias and further add credence to the constructive outlook. The set-up now supports prospects for a further near-term appreciating move, back towards retesting multi-year tops, around the $1748 region.

On the flip side, any pullback might now be seen as a buying opportunity and help limit the downside near the trend-line resistance breakpoint, around the $1722-20 zone. This is closely followed by the $1715 horizontal level and should now act a strong base for the commodity.

Gold daily chart

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Techical levels to watch

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price 1732.17
Today Daily Change 16.13
Today Daily Change % 0.94
Today daily open 1716.04
 
Trends
Daily SMA20 1705.31
Daily SMA50 1650.73
Daily SMA100 1610.76
Daily SMA200 1551.63
 
Levels
Previous Daily High 1718.34
Previous Daily Low 1699.31
Previous Weekly High 1723.7
Previous Weekly Low 1682.3
Previous Monthly High 1747.82
Previous Monthly Low 1568.46
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% 1711.07
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% 1706.58
Daily Pivot Point S1 1704.12
Daily Pivot Point S2 1692.2
Daily Pivot Point S3 1685.09
Daily Pivot Point R1 1723.15
Daily Pivot Point R2 1730.26
Daily Pivot Point R3 1742.18

 

 

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