Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD justifies Thursday’s doji below 21-DMA to drop towards $1,850

Gold extends previous day’s pullback to retest 50-day SMA, weekly support line.
Bearish MACD, trend reversal suggesting candlestick favor sellers.
Bulls can eye $1,900 beyond 21-day SMA, bears may aim for monthly low.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

Gold bounces off intraday low of $1,859.00 to $1,862.10, down 0.37% on a day, during early Friday. The yellow metal refreshed two-week high the previous day but failed to cross a 21-day SMA.

The resulted moves portrayed a Doji candlestick on the daily (D1) chart, which in turn gained support from the bearish MACD signals to portray today’s downtick.

However, gold sellers seem to struggle off-late as 50-day SMA and an upward sloping trend line from Monday limits immediate declines around $1,859.

Considering the latest risk-off mood, coupled with Thursday’s Doji and bearish MACD, the bullion is expected to break the $1,859 support confluence, which in turn can direct the sellers toward $1,840.

Read: Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD bulls catch a breather above $1,850 amid virus woes

Though, a horizontal area around $1,818 will question the commodity’s downside past-$1,840, if not then the monthly low near $1,802 and the $1,800 threshold will be in the spotlight.

Meanwhile, a daily closing beyond the 21-day SMA level of $1,876 will attack the $1,900 round-figure before confronting the key hurdle around $1,965 comprising highs marked in November and January.

Overall, the gold prices are likely to trim some of the latest gains but the overall uptrend is less likely to be affected.

Gold daily chart

Trend: Further declines expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	1863.21
Today Daily Change	-5.91
Today Daily Change %	-0.32%
Today daily open	1869.12

Trends
Daily SMA20	1876.86
Daily SMA50	1860
Daily SMA100	1883.53
Daily SMA200	1846.86

Levels
Previous Daily High	1875.2
Previous Daily Low	1858.43
Previous Weekly High	1863.83
Previous Weekly Low	1816.96
Previous Monthly High	1906.87
Previous Monthly Low	1775.52
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1864.84
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1868.79
Daily Pivot Point S1	1859.97
Daily Pivot Point S2	1850.81
Daily Pivot Point S3	1843.2
Daily Pivot Point R1	1876.74
Daily Pivot Point R2	1884.35
Daily Pivot Point R3	1893.51

Author

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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