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Gold 240min Chart
Technical Outlook: Gold prices have been trading within the confines of a well-defined ascending channel formation with prices rebounding sharply off monthly open support this week at 1268. The immediate advance is vulnerable while below 1293/95- a region defined by the 2017 high-day close & the yearly stretch highs.
That said, the near-term outlook remains weighted o the topside while within this channel with a breach above resistance targeting the upper parallel / May high at 1303 backed by the 78.6% retracement at 1321. Bullish invalidation is now raised to 1274 with a break below the monthly on 1268 needed to shift the broader focus lower.
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- A summary of IG Client Sentiment shows traders are net-long Gold- the ratio stands at +1.67 (62.6% of traders are long) –bearishreading
- Retail has been net-short since June 4th- Price has moved 5.7% higher since then
- Long positions are 2.2% higher than yesterday but 12.6% lower from last week
- Short positions are 0.2% higher than yesterday and 18.7% higher from last week
- We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests Spot Gold prices may continue to fall. That said, retail is more net-long than yesterday but less net-long from last week and the combination of current positioning and recent changes gives us a further mixed Gold trading bias form a sentiment standpoint.
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- Written by Michael Boutros, Currency Strategist with DailyFX
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