The second quarter of this year was not kind to Gold. After setting a peak at $2070/oz in March, the price fell to $1680/oz with two upward corrections along the way with an average range of around $100.

A week marked by Fed decisions

On Wednesday 27 July, the US central bank – FED, will decide on interest rates. A further 75bp hike is expected. The June rate hike proved to be an opportunity for gold to rise, with the price rising by $40/oz overnight, but returning to pre-hike levels a week later and continuing its decline to a two-year unbeaten demand zone.

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GOLD Weekly – the 1680 level has stopped the price multiple times, it is the neckline of the double top formation

Technical analysis of Gold

In the past week, the price not coincidentally stopped at 1680, as the repeatedly tested demand zone is located there. On the weekly chart, we can see that the demand zone has, since March 2020, repeatedly stopped price declines and initiated upward swings. Two of these have formed a double top formation for which the 1680 level is the neckline. The MACD oscillator is still in a downward phase.

GOLD Daily – bullish engulfing at support, price breaks the top.

On the daily chart, Thursday’s candle formed a bullish engulfing formation (upward outside bar) together with Wednesday’s candle. On Friday, the gold price broke out of the formation and the MACD oscillator entered an upward phase (green). According to the PA+MACD strategy, this could initiate an uptrend.

The demand target may be the defeated channel support. The increases may be short-lived, after Wednesday’s FED decision the gold price may be very volatile and it is worth taking this into account when planning to open a BUY order.

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