Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD pulls back slightly, remains firm above $1800

  • Gold keeps eyes on $1820.
  • Consolidation on $1825, would put the focus on $1840.
  • Equity markets rise, in a day of calm and low volume.

Gold is falling modestly on Wednesday, in a day of calm in the financial markets and where range-based runs predominate. The XAU/USD it failed to break $1820 on Tuesday and is pulling back, trading in the $1812 daily low area.

Treasury yields move in no clear direction, while stock futures Wall Street They point to an opening with gains greater than 0.5%. The dollar for its part, measured by the DXY, rises 0.05%.

Panorama and levels to consider

On Tuesday gold had the highest daily close since late June, although during trading it failed to break December’s intraday high of $1825. The bullish trend remains firm although for the moment the increases are stopped by the area of ​​1820/1825$. Firming above would set the stage for the next strong resistance at the $1840 area.

A bearish correction could find support at $1805 initially and also around $1800. If you continue below, the key to the short-term bullish outlook is that it stays above $1783, a level close to various horizontal resistances and where the 20-day and 200-day moving averages converge. A close below would leave XAU/USD vulnerable.

technical levels

XAU/USD

Panorama
Last Price Today 1814.23
Today’s Daily Change -3.31
Today’s Daily Change % -0.18
Today’s Daily Open 1817.54
Trends
20 Daily SMA 1780.16
SMA of 50 Daily 1724.74
SMA of 100 Daily 1721.44
SMA of 200 Daily 1785.42
levels
Previous Daily High 1821.21
Minimum Previous Daily 1784.68
Previous Weekly High 1824.55
Previous Weekly Minimum 1773.83
Maximum Prior Monthly 1786.55
Minimum Prior Monthly 1616.69
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% 1807.26
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% 1798.63
Daily Pivot Point S1 1794.41
Daily Pivot Point S2 1771.28
Daily Pivot Point S3 1757.88
Daily Pivot Point R1 1830.94
Daily Pivot Point R2 1844.34
Daily Pivot Point R3 1867.47

Source: Fx Street

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