Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD holds auction above $1,950 amid lack of clarity ahead of Fed Powell’s testimony

Gold price has stabilized above $1,950.00 amid subdued performance by the USD Index.
Investors are going light into the American session as US markets will open after an extended weekend.
Gold price is auctioning in a Descending Triangle chart pattern that indicates a volatility contraction.

Sagar Dua FXStreet

Gold price (XAU/USD) is holding itself above the crucial support of $1,950.00 as the US Dollar Index (DXY) is demonstrating a subdued performance in the European session. The precious metal is broadly showing a non-directional performance as investors lack clarity about further action ahead of testimony from Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell’s testimony.

S&P500 futures have trimmed some losses posted in Europe. Investors are going light into the American session as US markets will open after an extended weekend. The US Dollar Index (DXY) is inside the woods around 102.44 as the testimony of Fed Powell will provide clear guidance about interest rates. The US Treasury yields have come under pressure as investors are expecting that only one interest rate hike is left in the basket of the Fed.

In the monetary policy statement, Fed Powell confirmed that the central bank will hike interest rates two times by the year-end. Also, rate cuts are not appropriate as US Employment situation has not softened yet. The US economy is operating at full employment levels and firms are facing higher payouts to retain talent. Apart from the tight labor market conditions, Fed policymakers believe that tight credit conditions by the US regional banks would keep a lid on inflationary pressures.

Gold technical analysis

Gold price is auctioning in a Descending Triangle chart pattern on a two-hour scale that indicates a volatility contraction. Downward-sloping trendline of the aforementioned chart pattern is plotted from June 02 high at $1,983.00 while its horizontal support is placed from May 30 low at $1,932.12.

The 200-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $1,958.84 is acting as a barricade for the Gold bulls. Horizontal resistance is plotted from May 05 low around $2,000.00.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) is oscillating in the 40.00-60.00 range, which indicates a non-directional performance.

Gold two-hour chart

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price	1951.81
Today Daily Change	1.76
Today Daily Change %	0.09
Today daily open	1950.05

Trends
Daily SMA20	1955.7
Daily SMA50	1984.5
Daily SMA100	1942.31
Daily SMA200	1848.8

Levels
Previous Daily High	1958.85
Previous Daily Low	1947.86
Previous Weekly High	1971.01
Previous Weekly Low	1924.85
Previous Monthly High	2079.76
Previous Monthly Low	1932.12
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1952.06
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1954.65
Daily Pivot Point S1	1945.66
Daily Pivot Point S2	1941.26
Daily Pivot Point S3	1934.67
Daily Pivot Point R1	1956.65
Daily Pivot Point R2	1963.24
Daily Pivot Point R3	1967.64

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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