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Gold Prices Continue Tumble into Deeper Support

Gold Prices Continue Tumble into Deeper Support

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Talking Points:

- Gold Prices have been unable to catch a lasting bid, extending the down-side run into yet another support zone.

- Last week’s FOMC announcement catapulted Gold prices below the $1,250 support level, and follow-thru price action broke through $1,234 and $1,225. Price action is currently sitting in another confluent support zone between $1,215-$1,219; but will this be enough to stem the rampant declines?

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In our last article, we looked at the continued bearish move in Gold prices as the Yellow Metal furthered its already rather steep drop. At the time, the $1,250 support level was sitting underneath price action as another FOMC rate decision neared. But at that rate decision, the Fed appeared unmoved by a recent slowdown in U.S. data, incorporating the term ‘transitory’; which was largely inferred to mean that the Fed is still on track for their goal of three rate hikes in the calendar year of 2017.

The near-immediate impact to Gold prices was a plummet through that prior support level at $1,250; followed by another brief iteration of support at the $1,225 level. After this weekend’s French elections, we saw a quick move-higher after a gap-down; but sellers merely used this to re-load short positions, which brought an eventual break of $1,225.

Chart prepared by James Stanley

At this stage, the bearish move in Gold prices is fast approaching an up-ward sloping trend-line that can be found by connecting the February low to the March low. The projection of this trend-line runs directly into a confluent batch of support between $1,215-1,219.

Chart prepared by James Stanley

For those looking to add bearish exposure to Gold prices, there are two ways of moving forward. For those looking at a more conservative approach, they can await a re-test of one of those prior support levels as new resistance for trend-side continuation entries. For those that would be open to a more aggressive stance, a deeper support-break could also be usable; as the current confluent zone of support could be re-assigned as resistance should price action break-below this trend-line. On the chart below, we look at a series of levels that could be usable in the effort of finding the ‘lower-high’ in Gold prices.

Chart prepared by James Stanley

--- Written by James Stanley, Strategist for DailyFX.com

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