Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD fails to kiss $1,950 as USD Index attempts recovery

Gold price is struggling to test the $1,950.00 resistance as anxiety soars ahead of the US GDP.
The USD Index is building a cushion around 101.10 but could deliver a breakdown amid a risk-on mood.
Rising odds of a smaller interest rate hike by the Fed are weighing down US yields.
When is the preliminary US GDP report and how could it affect EUR/USD?

Sagar Dua FXStreet

Gold price (XAU/USD) has sensed selling pressure while attempting to kiss the critical resistance of $1,950.00. The precious metal is not getting the desired strength required to hit the $1,950.00 hurdle as investors are getting anxious ahead of the release of the United States Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and other critical economic data.

The US Dollar Index (DXY) is constantly grueling to build a cushion around 101.20 despite the upbeat market mood. S&P500 futures are displaying moderate gains, conveying the expression of the solid risk appetite of the market participants. The 10-year US Treasury yields have dropped to near 3.44%.

The street is continuously discussing the chances of a US recession in CY2023 as the Federal Reserve (Fed) has already tightened monetary policy significantly. The release of the US GDP data will provide more clarity about the scales of economic activities in the fourth quarter of CY2022. As per the projections, the US GDP is expected to contract to 2.6% from the former release of 3.2%. More-than-expected contraction in economic activities might bolster the case of a smaller interest rate hike by the Fed.

Gold technical analysis

Gold price is forming a Bullish Flag chart pattern on an hourly scale, which indicates a continuation of the bullish momentum after the breakout of a consolidation. Usually, the consolidation phase of the chart pattern serves as an inventory adjustment in which those participants initiate longs, which prefer to enter an auction after the establishment of a bullish bias.

Advancing 20-and 50-period Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) at $1,942.46 and $1,937.35 respectively add to the upside filters.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) is oscillating in a bullish range of 60.00-80.00, which indicates more upside ahead.

Gold hourly chart

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price	1948.61
Today Daily Change	1.88
Today Daily Change %	0.10
Today daily open	1946.73

Trends
Daily SMA20	1885.23
Daily SMA50	1822.32
Daily SMA100	1750.98
Daily SMA200	1775.61

Levels
Previous Daily High	1948.17
Previous Daily Low	1919.91
Previous Weekly High	1937.57
Previous Weekly Low	1896.63
Previous Monthly High	1833.38
Previous Monthly Low	1765.89
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1937.37
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1930.71
Daily Pivot Point S1	1928.37
Daily Pivot Point S2	1910.01
Daily Pivot Point S3	1900.11
Daily Pivot Point R1	1956.63
Daily Pivot Point R2	1966.53
Daily Pivot Point R3	1984.89

Author

Sagar Dua

FXStreet

Sagar Dua is associated with the financial markets from his college days. Along with pursuing post-graduation in Commerce in 2014, he started his markets training with chart analysis.

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