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Gold Technical Analysis: Near-term set-up remains tilted in favour of bearish traders

  • The overnight slide below $1475 confluence support confirmed a bearish breakdown.
  • Bears now await a sustained weakness below the $1460 region (Oct. monthly lows).

Gold failed to capitalize on its early attempted recovery move and has now slipped back to the lower end of its daily trading range, well within the striking distance of over one-month lows set in the previous session.
 
The overnight slump dragged the commodity below the $1475 confluence support – comprising of 100-day SMA and the lower band of a one-month-old trading range – and confirmed a near-term bearish breakdown.
 
However, slightly oversold conditions helped the commodity to find some support near October monthly swing lows, around the $1460 region, which coincides with 61.8% Fibonacci level of the $1400-$1557 positive move.
 
Meanwhile, technical indicators on the daily chart maintained their bearish bias and support prospects for an extension of the downfall, though bears are likely to wait for a sustained weakness below the $1460 support area.
 
Below the mentioned support, the commodity is likely to accelerate the slide further towards a previous strong horizontal resistance near the $1436 horizontal level with some intermediate support near the $1447-45 region.
 
On the flip side, the overnight confluence support breakpoint, around the $1475 region, now seems to act as immediate strong resistance and any subsequent recovery is likely to remain capped near the $1480 horizontal level.

Gold daily chart

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XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price1467.5
Today Daily Change-0.49
Today Daily Change %-0.03
Today daily open1467.99
 
Trends
Daily SMA201493.18
Daily SMA501500.76
Daily SMA1001476.26
Daily SMA2001389.78
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1492.2
Previous Daily Low1461.14
Previous Weekly High1515.38
Previous Weekly Low1481.1
Previous Monthly High1519.04
Previous Monthly Low1455.5
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1473
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1480.33
Daily Pivot Point S11455.35
Daily Pivot Point S21442.71
Daily Pivot Point S31424.28
Daily Pivot Point R11486.41
Daily Pivot Point R21504.84
Daily Pivot Point R31517.48

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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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