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Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD eyes 10-day SMA hurdle

  • Gold looks north after Tuesday's bullish marubozu candle. 
  • The 10-day SMA is likely to offer resistance ner $1,819.

Gold is currently trading largely unchanged on the day near $1,814 per ounce. 

The yellow metal could test and possibly break above the descending 10-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at $1,819, as Monday's bullish marubozu candle shows buyers have regained control. 

A bullish marubozu occurs when buyers control the price action from the opening bell to the closing bell. More substantial gains often follow the candlestick pattern. 

Acceptance above the 10-day SMA would shift the focus to the former support-turned-hurdle at $1,850. Alternatively, a failure to beat the 10-day SMA resistance would strengthen the odds of a re-test of Tuesday's low of $1,775. 

Daily chart

Trend: Bullish

Technical levels

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price1813.38
Today Daily Change-1.13
Today Daily Change %-0.06
Today daily open1814.51
 
Trends
Daily SMA201859.5
Daily SMA501881.1
Daily SMA1001910.09
Daily SMA2001800.64
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1817.37
Previous Daily Low1775.52
Previous Weekly High1876.14
Previous Weekly Low1774.4
Previous Monthly High1965.58
Previous Monthly Low1764.6
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1801.38
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1791.51
Daily Pivot Point S11787.56
Daily Pivot Point S21760.62
Daily Pivot Point S31745.71
Daily Pivot Point R11829.41
Daily Pivot Point R21844.32
Daily Pivot Point R31871.26

Author

Omkar Godbole

Omkar Godbole

FXStreet Contributor

Omkar Godbole, editor and analyst, joined FXStreet after four years as a research analyst at several Indian brokerage companies.

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