Gold tests major hurdle after big rally

After last week’s big 5% rally, gold has arrived at a major inflection point around $1770 to $1880 area, where it may encounter some resistance as the dollar sell-off potentially pauses.

Gold bulls would certainly want to see some upside follow-through, but a bit of consolidation and pullback wouldn't be a bad thing as it will help to work off short-term "overbought" conditions on the momentum oscillators.

But in terms of medium-term direction, everything now hinges on the dollar. The greenback is not dead, I don’t think.

The one eyed is still the king in the land of the blind, so I won’t expect to see further significant weakness in the dollar. If the dollar does not see significant weakness from here, that should hold gold back, I would imagine.

Comments made by Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller at the weekend certainly calls for caution. Waller said “we’ve still got a ways to go” before pausing interest rates.

Waller said: “These rates are going to stay -- keep going up -- and they’re going to stay high for a while until we see this inflation get down closer to our target…We’ve still got a ways to go. This isn’t ending in the next meeting or two.”

Waller's hawkish comments has already impacted some currency pairs. The USD/JPY for example bounced about 200 pips off its lows from Friday.

If we see a short-term lower low beneath today's earlier low at $1753, then that could be a sign of weakness to come, which could potentially lead to some technical selling towards the support levels shown on this weekly chart.

By Fawad Razaqzada
GoldTrend Analysis

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