Gold Price Forecast:
- Gold prices reach a one-month high as inflation pressures support demand for the safe-haven asset
- US Dollar and rising equities hold Gold bulls at bay
- Technical levels hold firm as prices test resistance
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Gold prices have recently reached a one-month high after the number of worldwide Covid cases reached a record high.
However, although rising inflation and geopolitical factors have supported the demand for the precious metal, the Santa Claus rally and a stronger Dollar has hindered further progression.
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Gold (XAU/USD) Technical Analysis
Over the past three weeks, Gold bulls have managed to regain temporary control over the systemic, prominent trend in an effort to drive prices back towards the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of the 2020 move at $1,835.
Although the downward trajectory from the August 2020 high currently remains intact, prices have risen above the 50-week moving average, currently providing support at the key psychological level of $1,800.
Gold (XAU/USD) Weekly Chart
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Chart prepared by Tammy Da Costa using TradingView
Meanwhile on the daily time-frame, price action has temporarily stalled at the 50% retracement level of the 2021 move which continues to provide resistance for the imminent move at $1,818.
As bulls and bears battle it out, the CCI (commodity channel index) has broken above the normal range, a potential indication that XAU/USD may be overbought.
Gold (XAU/USD) Daily Chart
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Chart prepared by Tammy Da Costa using TradingView
Change in | Longs | Shorts | OI |
Daily | 1% | -3% | -1% |
Weekly | 2% | -8% | -2% |
--- Written by Tammy Da Costa, Analyst for DailyFX.com
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