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Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD up for the second week in a row, still limited around $1810

  • Gold gains for the second week in a row, but still remains under $1810.
  • While above $1785, the bullish bias could persist in the short term.

Gold rose for the second week in a row and finished slightly below $1810 after rebounding from $1783. It was unable to hit fresh monthly highs.

The yellow metal continued to improve its outlook, with a close above the 55-week simple moving average. The upside continues to face resistance around $1810/15.  A break of that area should clear the way for a test of the next critical level seen at the $1830 region.

The immediate short-term support could be seen at $1793 followed by the 20-day simple moving average at $1784. A daily close under $1780 could anticipate more losses and a potential slide to $1750.

The upside in gold is being supported by a weaker US dollar and the improvement in market sentiment. On the contrary, the main negative factors are US yields, that many analysts see moving to the upside amid expectations of interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve next year.

Technical levels

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price1808.9
Today Daily Change-0.03
Today Daily Change %-0.00
Today daily open1808.93
 
Trends
Daily SMA201785.19
Daily SMA501800.04
Daily SMA1001788.42
Daily SMA2001796.29
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1810.76
Previous Daily Low1798.91
Previous Weekly High1814.33
Previous Weekly Low1753.01
Previous Monthly High1877.23
Previous Monthly Low1758.92
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1806.23
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1803.44
Daily Pivot Point S11801.64
Daily Pivot Point S21794.35
Daily Pivot Point S31789.79
Daily Pivot Point R11813.49
Daily Pivot Point R21818.05
Daily Pivot Point R31825.34

Author

Matías Salord

Matías started in financial markets in 2008, after graduating in Economics. He was trained in chart analysis and then became an educator. He also studied Journalism. He started writing analyses for specialized websites before joining FXStreet.

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