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Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD bulls target $1,820 after the breakout – Confluence Detector

Bitcoin has reached all-time highs, stocks have followed – is it time for gold to break higher? XAU/USD is, at least, moving above $1,800. Last week's upside move proved indecisive, but this latest surge is more substantial. The precious metal is already valued at $1,805. 

How is XAU/USD positioned on the technical chart? 

Gold Price: Key levels to watch

The Technical Confluences Detector is showing that the precious metal faces resistance at $1,820, which is where the Pivot Point one-month Resistance 1 hits the price. 

It is followed by $1,823, which is where another pivot point awaits, the one-week Resistance 2. 

Looking down, some support is at $1,801, where the previous week's top converges with the PP one-day Resistance 3. 

Another cushion awaits at $1,795, which is the confluence of the Simple Moving Average 10-15m, the previous 4h-high and the PP one-week R1. 

Much lower, a barrier against bearish attacks is at $1,783, which is where the Fibonacci 38.2% one-week and the BB 4h-Middle meet up.

XAU/USD Confluence levels

About Technical Confluences Detector

The TCD (Technical Confluences Detector) is a tool to locate and point out those price levels where there is a congestion of indicators, moving averages, Fibonacci levels, Pivot Points, etc.  If you are a short-term trader, you will find entry points for counter-trend strategies and hunt a few points at a time. If you are a medium-to-long-term trader, this tool will allow you to know in advance the price levels where a medium-to-long-term trend may stop and rest, where to unwind positions, or where to increase your position size.

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Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

FXStreet

Yohay is in Forex since 2008 when he founded Forex Crunch, a blog crafted in his free time that turned into a fully-fledged currency website later sold to Finixio.

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