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Gold technical analysis: Intraday uptick falters near $1425 horizontal resistance

  • Gold continued with its struggle to find acceptance above 200-hour SMA and has now retreated to the lower end of its daily trading range, below $1420 level.
  • The mentioned region coincides with 23.6% Fibo. level of the $1320-$1452 recent up-move and should now act as a key pivotal point for short-term traders.

Meanwhile, technical indicators on hourly charts have failed to regain positive traction and have been losing positive momentum on the daily chart, suggesting lack of any fresh buying interest and a possible extension of the recent corrective slide from multi-year tops.

Sustained weakness below the $1413-12 region will reinforce the bearish bias and accelerate the slide further towards challenging the key $1400 psychological mark (nearing 38.2% Fibo. level) en-route 50% Fibo. level support near the $1385-83 region.

On the flip side, the $1425 area now seems to have emerged as an immediate resistance and is closely followed by the $1430 horizontal zone and last week’s swing high – around the $1434 region, which should act as a key trigger for short-term bullish traders.

Gold 1-hourly chart

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price1418.9
Today Daily Change0.44
Today Daily Change %0.03
Today daily open1418.46
 
Trends
Daily SMA201414.46
Daily SMA501367.08
Daily SMA1001329.37
Daily SMA2001298.24
Levels
Previous Daily High1424.86
Previous Daily Low1413.89
Previous Weekly High1433.6
Previous Weekly Low1411.26
Previous Monthly High1438.66
Previous Monthly Low1306.18
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1420.67
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1418.08
Daily Pivot Point S11413.28
Daily Pivot Point S21408.1
Daily Pivot Point S31402.3
Daily Pivot Point R11424.25
Daily Pivot Point R21430.05
Daily Pivot Point R31435.23

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Haresh Menghani

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

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