Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD risks ending 3-day winning trend

Gold's hourly chart shows a bearish divergence of RSI.
The metal could snap its three-day winning streak.

Omkar Godbole FXStreet Contributor

Gold gained over 0.5% to $1,840 per ounce on Thursday, confirming a three-day winning streak and erasing more than 505 of the previous week's decline from $14,869 to $1,774.

However, the recovery rally could run out of steam, as the hourly chart has violated the trendline rising from recent lows. Further, the hourly chart Relative Strength Index has created lower highs, contradicting higher highs on the price chart. The bearish divergence indicates the bounce from the previous week's low has run out of steam.

The hourly chart shows immediate support is located at $1,823. A violation there would expose the 5-day Simple Moving Average at $1,819. On the higher side, resistance is seen at $1,850. The metal is currently trading at $1,838 per ounce.

Hourly chart

Trend: Bearish

Technical levels

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price	1838.32
Today Daily Change	-3.94
Today Daily Change %	-0.21
Today daily open	1842.26

Trends
Daily SMA20	1850.33
Daily SMA50	1879.89
Daily SMA100	1910.72
Daily SMA200	1802.66

Levels
Previous Daily High	1844.02
Previous Daily Low	1823.77
Previous Weekly High	1876.14
Previous Weekly Low	1774.4
Previous Monthly High	1965.58
Previous Monthly Low	1764.6
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1836.28
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1831.51
Daily Pivot Point S1	1829.35
Daily Pivot Point S2	1816.43
Daily Pivot Point S3	1809.1
Daily Pivot Point R1	1849.6
Daily Pivot Point R2	1856.93
Daily Pivot Point R3	1869.85

Author

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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