Gold Technical Analysis: Descending channel/200-hour SMA confluence region to cap goodish intraday bounce

Haresh Menghani FXStreet

• The precious metal reversed an early dip to over one-week lows and refreshed session tops, around the $1310 region in the last hour amid reviving safe-haven demand.

• Oversold conditions on the 1-hourly chart triggered the intraday short-covering bounce from support marked by the lower end of a short-term descending trend-channel.

• Technical indicators on the mentioned chart have moved into the positive territory and remained supportive, though mixed oscillators on 4-hourly/daily charts warrant caution.

• Hence, any subsequent up-move seems more likely to run out of steam, rather meet with some aggressive supply near the trend-channel resistance, coinciding with 200-hour SMA.

Gold 1-hourly chart

XAU/USD

Overview:
    Today Last Price: 1309.4
    Today Daily change %: 0.20%
    Today Daily Open: 1306.8
Trends:
    Daily SMA20: 1297.57
    Daily SMA50: 1274.31
    Daily SMA100: 1246.82
    Daily SMA200: 1230.45
Levels:
    Previous Daily High: 1322.3
    Previous Daily Low: 1306.12
    Previous Weekly High: 1326.25
    Previous Weekly Low: 1297.8
    Previous Monthly High: 1326.25
    Previous Monthly Low: 1275.9
    Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 1312.3
    Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 1316.12
    Daily Pivot Point S1: 1301.18
    Daily Pivot Point S2: 1295.56
    Daily Pivot Point S3: 1285
    Daily Pivot Point R1: 1317.36
    Daily Pivot Point R2: 1327.92
    Daily Pivot Point R3: 1333.54

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Haresh Menghani

FXStreet

Haresh Menghani is a detail-oriented professional with 10+ years of extensive experience in analysing the global financial markets.

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