Gold – Tuesday June 2nd, 2015
Earlier last week, gold fell sharply back through the key $1200 level and spent the remainder of the week consolidating in a narrow range around $1190. It has began this new week doing the same trading in a very narrow range right around $1190. The $1200 level has been a significant level throughout most of this year, and remains a key level, presently offering reasonable resistance to higher prices.
Throughout the last month or so, the $1180 level has provided some support and has been called upon recently. Earlier in May, it was able to make a run through the $1200 level to reach a three month high above $1230; however, gold was quickly sold off and returned back to the $1200 level, where it enjoyed some support for several days. For around two months, through April, gold traded in a range between $1180 and around $1220, and had very few excursions outside these limits.
Gold is currently pinned between resistance at $1200 and support at $1180, and it is surprising to see it trade in such a narrow range for several days. It seems it is waiting patiently for external factors to determine which level will be severely tested next.
(Daily chart / 4 hourly chart below)
Gold, June 2 at 01:00 GMT 1189.4 H: 1204.5 L: 1184.3
Gold Technical
S3 | S2 | S1 | R1 | R2 | R3 |
1180 | 1150 | — | 1200 | 1240 | — |
During the early hours of the Asian trading session on Tuesday, gold continues to trade in a very narrow range right around $1190. Current range: trading right around $1190.
Further levels in both directions:
• Below: 1180 and 1150.
• Above: 1200 and 1240.
OANDA’s Open Position Ratios
(Shows the ratio of long vs. short positions held for gold among all OANDA clients. The left percentage (blue) shows long positions; the right percentage (orange) shows short positions.)
The long position ratio for gold has decreased to near 70% again as gold has remained very steady around $1190. The trader sentiment is strongly in favour of long positions.
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