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Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD fills the gap above $1,850 inside immediate ascending triangle

  • Gold consolidates the intraday losses, drops toward filling the day-start gap on the upside.
  • Two-week-old ascending triangle restricts short-term moves, bearish MACD favor sellers.

Gold drops to $1,851.39 while trimming the gains to 0.50% during Monday’s Asian session. In doing so, the yellow metal stays inside a short-term ascending triangle.

Given the bearish MACD favoring the quote’s further downside, gold sellers will wait for a clear break of the triangle’s support, currently around $1,840, for fresh entries.

Following that, the previous week’s low near $1,830 and January’s low near $1,802, also the $1,800 threshold, can entertain the commodity sellers.

On the contrary, $1,870 can please the short-term buyers during the bullion’s fresh run-up.

It should, however, be noted that the bulls are likely to remain cautious until the gold prices rally beyond $1,875, comprising the highs marked since January 21. In doing so, the bulls will eye the mid-November 2020 top surrounding $1,900.

Overall, gold prices are likely fading the upside momentum. Though, sellers are waiting for confirmation.

Gold hourly chart

Trend: Pullback expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price1849.8
Today Daily Change7.87
Today Daily Change %0.43%
Today daily open1841.93
 
Trends
Daily SMA201864.97
Daily SMA501856.38
Daily SMA1001878.13
Daily SMA2001851.1
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1875.7
Previous Daily Low1839.68
Previous Weekly High1875.7
Previous Weekly Low1831.36
Previous Monthly High1959.42
Previous Monthly Low1802.8
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1853.44
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1861.94
Daily Pivot Point S11829.17
Daily Pivot Point S21816.42
Daily Pivot Point S31793.15
Daily Pivot Point R11865.19
Daily Pivot Point R21888.46
Daily Pivot Point R31901.21

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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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