Gold Price News & Forecast: XAU/USD $1,475 continues to cap upside

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Gold technical analysis: $1,475 continues to cap upside

The yellow metal is currently trading at $1,473 per Oz, having hit a high of $1,475.25 an hour ago. Notably, $1,475 capped upside on Monday, Tuesday and also on Nov. 14.

As a result, it is the level to beat for the bulls. A convincing break higher will likely yield a quick move to $1,480-$1,482. Read more...

XAU/USD struggles to gain altitude despite renewed US-China political tensions

Gold, a classic safe-haven asset, is having a tough time posting gains despite the renewed political tensions between the US and China.

The yellow metal remains trapped in a narrow range of $1,470 to $1,475 for the eighth straight hour. Read more…

Gold Technical levels

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price	1474.7
Today Daily Change	2.21
Today Daily Change %	0.15
Today daily open	1472.49

Trends
Daily SMA20	1483.7
Daily SMA50	1491.93
Daily SMA100	1480.71
Daily SMA200	1395.85

Levels
Previous Daily High	1475.43
Previous Daily Low	1465.08
Previous Weekly High	1474.6
Previous Weekly Low	1445.8
Previous Monthly High	1519.04
Previous Monthly Low	1455.5
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1471.47
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1469.03
Daily Pivot Point S1	1466.57
Daily Pivot Point S2	1460.64
Daily Pivot Point S3	1456.21
Daily Pivot Point R1	1476.92
Daily Pivot Point R2	1481.35
Daily Pivot Point R3	1487.28

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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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