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Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD bulls seem tiring before $2,000

  • Gold prices rise for the third day to attack two-week top.
  • Sustained break of one-month-old resistance line, now support, favors the bulls.
  • Overbought RSI, short-term rising trend line challenges the buyers.

Gold prices print 1.09% gains, trades around $1,989.40, as traders in Europe gather for Tuesday’s bell. In doing so, the yellow metal portrays a three-day winning streak to probe the highest levels last seen on August 19.  

However, overbought RSI conditions on the four-hour (4H) chart joins the upward sloping trend line from August 21 to challenge the bullion’s further upside around $1,990.

Hence, the quote’s pullback towards the weekly low near $1,954 can’t be ruled out but the further weakness will depend upon how well sellers dominate below a falling trend line from August 06, at $1,940.

Alternatively, the commodity’s bullish momentum beyond $1,990 will easily pierce the $2,000 threshold while targeting the August 18 peak near $2,015/16.

In a case where the upward trajectory gains acceptance past-$2,016, the record high near $2,075 and the $2,100 round-figures can entertain the buyers.

Gold four-hour chart

Trend: Pullback expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price1989.33
Today Daily Change21.53
Today Daily Change %1.09%
Today daily open1967.8
 
Trends
Daily SMA201969.33
Daily SMA501889
Daily SMA1001803.35
Daily SMA2001681.11
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1976.76
Previous Daily Low1954.37
Previous Weekly High1976.79
Previous Weekly Low1902.76
Previous Monthly High2075.32
Previous Monthly Low1863.24
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1968.21
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1962.92
Daily Pivot Point S11955.86
Daily Pivot Point S21943.92
Daily Pivot Point S31933.47
Daily Pivot Point R11978.25
Daily Pivot Point R21988.7
Daily Pivot Point R32000.64

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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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