Gold Technical Analysis and Near-Term Outlook
Gold is trading in a narrowing range that forms a coil pattern. Coils are not exceptionally reliable patterns like flags and pennants when it comes to determining a breakout direction. However, they lean in favor of a breakout in the direction of the prior move before the coil formed, in this case, down. A breakout of the coil should take place during the next few days.
Coils reflect uncertainty, which makes this is a very tight near-term call for gold right now. Even so, odds continue to lean in favor of a break lower. Falling below $1936 will call for $1820. This is the smaller than target of the wave down from $2001.2. Settling below this will confirm a break lower out of the coil and call for a test of $1888 and likely lower.
Nevertheless, gold briefly broke the coil’s lower trend line on Tuesday, but since then has challenged the 62 percent retracement of the decline from $2001.2 and the smaller than (0.618) target of the wave up from $1908.4. Prices also settled above the 20-day moving average today. These factors suggest the coil’s upper trend line around $1988 might be challenged before another test of support. Also, the wave up from $1908.4 calls for a test of $2002. Settling above $2002 would confirm a break higher out of the coil and clear the way for $2023 and likely $2041.
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