Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD battle lines drawn ahead of post-debate polls – Confluence Detector

Yohay Elam FXStreet

Gold prices have stabilized around the all-too-familiar $1,900 level after President Donald Trump and former Vice-President Joe Biden clashed in their last televised debate ahead of the elections.

XAU/USD has room to surge if Biden wins and Democrats flip the Senate – as they would approve a generous stimulus package. The second-best outcome is a win for Trump, after which he could force the GOP to approve a deal. The worst outcome is a win for Biden and the Republicans holding the Senate.

Post-debate opinion polls are awaited.

How is the precious metal positioned on the chart?

The Technical Confluences Indicator is showing that initial resistance awaits at $1,902, which is the convergence of the Fibonacci 38.2% one-week, the Fibonacci 23.6% one-day, and the Simple Moving Average 5-15m.

The next cap is $1,909, which is a juncture including the Bollinger Band 15min-Middle, the SMA 5-1h, and the SMA 10-one-day.

Support awaits at $1,893, which is the confluence of the Fibonacci 23.6% one-week and the previous daily low.

Further down, the next cushion is $1,892, which is the meeting point of the previous weekly low and the Fibonacci 23.6% one-month.

Key XAU/USD resistances and supports

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Yohay Elam

FXStreet

Yohay is in Forex since 2008 when he founded Forex Crunch, a blog crafted in his free time that turned into a fully-fledged currency website later sold to Finixio.

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