Gold Technical Analysis: Falls to over 1-week lows, further slide to $1260 area now looks a distinct possibility


   •  The precious metal extended overnight post-FOMC rejection slide from the $1287-88 supply zone and remained under some heavy selling pressure for the second consecutive session on Thursday.

   •  The bearish momentum, also marking the third down day in the previous four, has now dragged the commodity to over one-week lows, around the $1270 region amid fading safe-haven demand.

   •  Meanwhile, the overnight slide confirmed a bearish break through an important $1278 horizontal support and hence, the ongoing downfall could further be attributed to some fresh technical selling.

   •  Oscillators on 4-hourly/daily charts maintained their bearish bias but are already pointing to slightly oversold conditions on the 1-hourly chart, warranting some consolidation/modest rebound.

   •  However, the set-up remains in favor of bearish traders and hence, any attempted recovery move might still be looked upon as a selling opportunity for an eventual slide to $1260 support area.

Gold 1-hourly chart

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price 1270.65
Today Daily Change -5.34
Today Daily Change % -0.42
Today daily open 1275.99
 
Trends
Daily SMA20 1285.08
Daily SMA50 1297.53
Daily SMA100 1293.27
Daily SMA200 1252.88
Levels
Previous Daily High 1287.18
Previous Daily Low 1273.5
Previous Weekly High 1288.75
Previous Weekly Low 1265.6
Previous Monthly High 1310.7
Previous Monthly Low 1265.6
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% 1278.73
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% 1281.96
Daily Pivot Point S1 1270.6
Daily Pivot Point S2 1265.21
Daily Pivot Point S3 1256.91
Daily Pivot Point R1 1284.28
Daily Pivot Point R2 1292.58
Daily Pivot Point R3 1297.97

 

 

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