Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD continues its struggle below $1,850 as investors await FOMC minutes


  • Gold price is continuously attempting to surpass the critical resistance of $1,850.00.
  • The release of the US ISM PMI will trigger a power-pack action in the US Dollar Index.
  • A decline is expected in the volume of US ISM Manufacturing PMI data.

Gold price (XAU/USD) has turned sideways around $1,844.00 in the early European session after surpassing the $1,840.00 hurdle. The precious metal continues its struggle for breaking above the crucial resistance of $1,850.00. The gold price is expected to display a decisive move after the release of United States ISM Manufacturing PMI data.

S&P500 futures have attempted a recovery move in the Asian session after a two-day sell-off but still need more filters for attracting a responsive buying action, portraying cautious optimism. The US Dollar Index (DXY) is struggling to sustain above the 104.20 hurdle, sensing pressure due to a fall in the 10-year US Treasury yields below 3.73%.

According to the estimates, the ISM Manufacturing PMI is expected to deepen further to 48.5 from November’s release of 49.0. Shrinking manufacturing activities in the United States are expected to deliver signals of further downside in the inflation projections, which could compel the Federal Reserve (Fed) to a slowdown in the policy tightening measures. However, investors will get more clarity on the monetary policy outlook through Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes, which will release on Thursday.

Gold technical analysis

Gold price is displaying a sideways auction profile after a breakout of the horizontal resistance, which has turned into a support area for bulls around $1,824.00. Upward sloping 20-and 50-period Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) at $1,841.14 and $1,833.50 respectively indicate more upside ahead.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) has shifted into the bullish range of 60.00-80.00, which signals that the bullish momentum has been triggered.

Gold hourly chart

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price 1846.46
Today Daily Change 8.30
Today Daily Change % 0.45
Today daily open 1838.16
 
Trends
Daily SMA20 1803.06
Daily SMA50 1757.02
Daily SMA100 1724.08
Daily SMA200 1779.26
 
Levels
Previous Daily High 1850.03
Previous Daily Low 1824.7
Previous Weekly High 1833.38
Previous Weekly Low 1797.11
Previous Monthly High 1833.38
Previous Monthly Low 1765.89
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% 1840.35
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% 1834.38
Daily Pivot Point S1 1825.23
Daily Pivot Point S2 1812.3
Daily Pivot Point S3 1799.9
Daily Pivot Point R1 1850.56
Daily Pivot Point R2 1862.96
Daily Pivot Point R3 1875.89

 

 

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