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Gold Price Outlook: XAU/USD Breakout Primed – Levels to Know

Gold Price Outlook: XAU/USD Breakout Primed – Levels to Know

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Gold has continued to trade within a well-defined descending formation we’ve been tracking for months now with our immediate focus on a breakout of a multi-week range in price. Here are the updated targets and invalidation levels that matter on the XAU/USD charts heading into next week. Review this week’s Strategy Webinar for an in-depth breakdown of this setup and more.

Gold Daily Price Chart

Gold Price Chart - Daily

Technical Outlook: Gold has continued to trade within a broad pitchfork formation extending off the yearly highs with price holding a well-defined range just below parallel resistance into the start of the month. The outlook remains unchanged from our previous Gold Price Technical Outlook where I noted that, “From a trading standpoint, I’ll favor fading weakness while above the median-line at 1180.”

Bullion registered a low precisely at 1180.64 last week before rebounding with the monthly opening-range now taking shape below key slope resistance (blue). We’re looking for a breach / close above this threshold to validate that a more significant low was put in back in August. Note that daily RSI has been unable to clear 50 since the April sell-off and we’ll want to see a change in this behavior to offer further evidence of a shift in the momentum profile.

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Gold 240min Price Chart

Gold Price Chart - 240min

Notes: A closer look at price action further highlights this multi-week range in gold. The focus is on a break of the 1180-1215 zone with a topside breach favored. A daily lose above would exposed subsequent topside resistance objectives at 1235/38- a region defined by the 100% extension of the advance off the yearly lows, the 38.2% retracement of the April decline and the December low lows- look for a bigger reaction there IF reached.

Initial support rests with the October open at 1191 backed by the trendline confluence just lower at ~1185. Bullish invalidation remains steady at 1180 with a break below the low-day close / 78.6% retracement at 1174 needed to mark resumption of the broader down-trend targeting the median-line at 1160.

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Bottom line: Gold prices are trading within a make-or-break range just below slope resistance to start the month & quarter- look for a break to offer guidance on our medium-term directional bias. That said, from a trading standpoint I’ll favor fading weakness while above 1180 with a breach / close above 1215 needed to validate the breakout. A break below 1174 would shift the focus back towards the yearly lows and subsequent slope support. October promises to be a volatile month for gold prices- buckle up!

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Gold Trader Sentiment

Gold Trader Sentiment
  • A summary of IG Client Sentiment shows traders are net-long Gold - the ratio stands at +5.73 (85.1% of traders are long) – bearishreading
  • Long positions are5.8% higher than yesterday and 9.8% lower from last week
  • Short positions are 11.5% lower than yesterday and 22.3% 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. However, traders are more net-long than yesterday but less net-long from last week andthe combination of current positioning and recent changes gives us a further mixed Spot Gold trading bias from a sentiment standpoint.

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- Written by Michael Boutros, Currency Strategist with DailyFX

Follow Michael on Twitter @MBForex or contact him at mboutros@dailyfx.com

DailyFX provides forex news and technical analysis on the trends that influence the global currency markets.

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