Gold – Tuesday 28 July 2015
Throughout the last month, gold has steadily declined and fallen from above the key $1200 level back to a new five year low below $1100. Earlier last week gold fell sharply through the $1100 level down to the multi-year low near $1070 before rallying back up towards $1100. It is presently consolidating in a narrow range around $1095 and meeting resistance at the $1100 level. A couple of weeks ago it enjoyed solid support from the $1150 level which stopped the sharp falls and allowed it to rally a little higher up to above $1160. During this time it has rallied higher but run into resistance at $1160, which has sent it lower again. To finish out, a few weeks ago it was able to rally against the medium term down trend and move back above the $1170 level before easing off again. A few weeks ago, it surged higher to back above the key $1180 level before easing lower again.
Should it rally higher in the foreseeable future, the $1200 level will remain significant as it provided ample resistance to higher prices for an extended period. A couple of months ago, gold fell sharply back through the key $1200 level and spent the remainder of that week consolidating in a narrow range 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, whilst lower the $1180 level continues to be significant. It will be some effort just to get back within reach of the $1200 level after its recent strong falls.
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.
Gold July 28 at 00:35 GMT 1094.3 H: 1105.2 L: 1088.5
Gold Technical
| S3 | S2 | S1 | R1 | R2 | R3 |
| — | — | — | 1100 | 1200 | 1240 |
During the early hours of the Asian trading session on Tuesday, gold is trading in a narrow range just below $1100 around $1095 after recently dropping to a new multi-year low near $1070. It is trading right around $1095.
Further levels in both directions:
• Below:
• Above: 1100, 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 moved back to above 65%, as gold has dropped sharply to below the $1100 level. The trader sentiment is strongly in favour of long positions.
Economic Releases
- 23:50 (Mon) JP Large Retailers Sales (Jun)
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- 06:00 UK Nationwide House Prices (Jul) (28th-2nd)
- 08:30 UK GDP (1st Est.) (Q2)
- 08:30 UK Index of Services (May)
- 12:30 CA Industrial Product Price Index (Jun)
- 12:30 CA Raw Materials Price Index (Jun)
- 13:00 US S&P Case-Shiller Home Price (May)
- 14:00 US Consumer Confidence (Jul)
- 14:00 US Federal Reserve FOMC Meeting (to 29th)