Gold Technical Analysis and Near-Term Outlook
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Gold has been trading in a small corrective range for the past few days. Last week’s late pullback from $2448.8 and the formation of weekly and daily shooting stars and daily weak bearish divergences warn that a reversal might still take place. However, prices are rising toward a key near-term target at $2419. Therefore, the pullback from $2448.8 will probably prove to be a short-lived correction. A move above $2407 will call for a test of $2419. Closing above $2419 will open the way for $2452, which then connects to $2473 and higher.
With that said, this is a tight call for the near term because given the bearish patterns and signals mentioned above there is still a reasonable chance for a test of key support at $2348. This is the smaller than (0.618) target of the wave down from $2448.8. Taking out $2381 will call for a test of $2365 and possibly $2348. Settling below $2348 will shift the near-term odds in favor of gold falling to $2306 and possibly lower.
