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Gold Technical Analysis: 100-day MA support could be tested for the first time since Nov. 28

Gold fell 1.49 percent yesterday – the biggest single-day drop since Mar. 1 – bolstering the bearish view put forward by the inside-day bearish reversal confirmation witnessed over the previous two trading days. 

The bearish crossover of the 5- and 10-day moving averages (MAs) and the 5- and 50-day MAs also indicates the path of least resistance is to the downside. What's more, the 14-day relative strength index (RSI) is reporting bearish conditions with a below-50 print. 

The yellow metal, therefore, could drop to the 100-day MA support at $1,279.78 before the NY close. As of writing, gold is trading at $1,291 per Oz. 

Daily chart

Trend: Bearish

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price
1291.19
Today Daily Change
0.87
Today Daily Change %
0.07
Today daily open
1290.32
 
Trends
Daily SMA20
1301.23
Daily SMA50
1307.54
Daily SMA100
1279.28
Daily SMA200
1243.03
 
Levels
Previous Daily High
1312.35
Previous Daily Low
1288.7
Previous Weekly High
1320.36
Previous Weekly Low
1298.3
Previous Monthly High
1346.85
Previous Monthly Low
1300.1
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%
1297.73
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%
1303.32
Daily Pivot Point S1
1281.9
Daily Pivot Point S2
1273.48
Daily Pivot Point S3
1258.25
Daily Pivot Point R1
1305.55
Daily Pivot Point R2
1320.78
Daily Pivot Point R3
1329.2

Author

Omkar Godbole

Omkar Godbole

FXStreet Contributor

Omkar Godbole, editor and analyst, joined FXStreet after four years as a research analyst at several Indian brokerage companies.

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