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Gold Technical Analysis: DXY recovery favors contracting triangle breakdown

The 13-day-long contracting triangle seen in gold’s 4-hour price chart is more likely to be breached to the downside, courtesy of the recovery rally in the US dollar – gold’s biggest nemesis.

As of writing, gold is trading at $1,292 per Oz, having clocked a high of $1,295 earlier today. Notably, the dollar index (DXY), which tracks the value of the greenback, has risen by 1.18 percent in the last seven days.

4-hour chart

  • A 4-hour close below the lower edge of the contracting triangle, currently at $1,287, would confirm a short-term top is in place at $1,300 and could yield a stronger pullback to $1,276.
  • On the higher side, a   break above $1,300 would revive the bullish view.

Trend: bearish, triangle breakdown likely

XAU/USD

Overview:
       Today Last Price:  1291.64
       Today Daily change:  -1.5e+2  pips
       Today Daily change %:  -0.113%
       Today Daily Open:  1293.1
Trends:
       Previous Daily SMA20:  1281.08
       Previous Daily SMA50:  1249.37
       Previous Daily SMA100:  1231.38
       Previous Daily SMA200:  1228.91
Levels:
       Previous Daily High:  1295.25
       Previous Daily Low:  1276.2
       Previous Weekly High:  1297.15
       Previous Weekly Low:  1279.35
       Previous Monthly High:  1284.7
       Previous Monthly Low:  1221.39
       Previous Daily Fibonacci 38.2%:  1287.97
       Previous Daily Fibonacci 61.8%:  1283.48
       Previous Daily Pivot Point S1:  1281.12
       Previous Daily Pivot Point S2:  1269.14
       Previous Daily Pivot Point S3:  1262.07
       Previous Daily Pivot Point R1:  1300.17
       Previous Daily Pivot Point R2:  1307.23
       Previous Daily Pivot Point R3:  1319.22

 

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