Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD recovers from 6-week low but bias remains bearish


  • Gold charts mild recovery after Monday's 4.56% crash. 
  • Risks remain skewed to the downside with prices trading well below Monday's high.

Gold is currently trading near $1,877 per ounce, representing a 0.79% gain on the day, having hit a low of $1,850 during the overnight trade. That level was last seen on Sept. 28. 

While prices have bounced from six-week lows, Monday's bearish engulfing candle is still valid. The safe-haven metal fell by 4.56% on Monday to register its biggest single-day decline since Aug. 11. The sharp slide came after the US pharma giant Pfizer announced positive results of coronavirus vaccine, boosting risk appetite. Besides, the sell-off engulfed or erased gains in the preceding six trading days. 

The immediate bias will remain bearish while prices are held below Monday's high of $1,965. On the downside, the Sept. 28 low of $1,848 is key support, which, if breached, would expose the 200-day simple moving average (SMA) at $1,781.

Daily chart

Trend: Bearish

Technical levels 

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price 1876.56
Today Daily Change 10.92
Today Daily Change % 0.59
Today daily open 1865.64
 
Trends
Daily SMA20 1902.5
Daily SMA50 1911.69
Daily SMA100 1900.34
Daily SMA200 1780.11
 
Levels
Previous Daily High 1965.58
Previous Daily Low 1850.56
Previous Weekly High 1960.4
Previous Weekly Low 1873.52
Previous Monthly High 1933.3
Previous Monthly Low 1860
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% 1894.5
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% 1921.64
Daily Pivot Point S1 1822.27
Daily Pivot Point S2 1778.91
Daily Pivot Point S3 1707.25
Daily Pivot Point R1 1937.29
Daily Pivot Point R2 2008.95
Daily Pivot Point R3 2052.31

 

 

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