XAUUSD Technical Analysis

Gold prices exceeded our expectations last week. They broke above the previous high of 2685 without any influence from major economic data or news, closing the week at a new high of 2722 before the weekend. Early last week, gold prices continued to carry the upward momentum from the US inflation data from the previous week, jumping to the resistance at 2670. Although it was not a major market focus, weak US manufacturing data on Tuesday led to a technical breakout of the descending resistance li

30Sep

Gold Trend 30/09

2024-09-30 @ 17:50

Carrying the upward trend from the week before, gold prices hit a new high, pricing in the US Fed. additional 0.25% rate cut last week, in line with our expectations. The current uptrend started from 2550 after the meeting, and the upward momentum has finally slowed down after reaching a peak at 2685 on Thursday. The latest OI data from CME showed some slight profit-taking in the market before the weekend. After the US Fed. meeting and China’s recent economic stimulation policies, the mark

23Sep

Gold Trend 23/09

2024-09-23 @ 16:59

The uptrend has restarted since the gold prices broke out from the range of 2480-2530(1) two weeks ago. There was some S-T profit-taking after the US Fed announcement, however, the prices managed to clear the S-T resistance(3) before the weekend, hitting a new all-time high. Before the US Fed. meeting, the market was merely expecting a 25 basis points cut, and the extra 25 basis points cut surprised everyone. Now the market needs additional time to price in this new factor, so gold prices are li

09Sep

Gold Trend 09/09

2024-09-09 @ 13:21

Spot gold price has remained sideway in the past 2 weeks, with both the PCE price index and US employment data failing to bring new momentum to the market. The OI data from CME’s gold futures has stayed at around 510k for a while now, showing no significant changes in the numbers of long/short positions. This week’s focus is on Wednesday’s U.S. inflation data, no matter if it is good or bad, the market reaction should be like those major figures released previously. A week from the US inte

26Aug

Gold Trend 26/08

2024-08-26 @ 16:30

Gold price carried forward the upward momentum from the breaking of 2480 in the previous week, hitting a fresh record high of 2531 early last week. But the buying has reversed after the Fed. Meeting minutes were released during the US session on Wednesday. The price fell to the lowest of the week at 2470, and the week ended at 2510. There was no important US economic data last week, and Powell’s speech scheduled on Friday has controlled the market’s overall movement during the week.