XAU/USD trades near upper boundary of dominant channel
XAU/USD trades near upper boundary of dominant channel
In full accordance with expectations, in first half of the previous trading session the buck continued to trade against the gold in a limbo between the 1,270.50 and 1,276.70 marks that were located just above the lower trend-line of a large dominant ascending channel. However, the subsequent admission of guilt by General Flynn led to 0.76% rise in demand for safe haven metal just in one hour. But as it was an impulse reaction, a combination of the 100- and 200-hour SMAs managed to neutralize the surge.
Since there are no impactful news planned for today, the rate is likely to spend this trading day between the 55-hour SMA at 1,279.00 and the above bottom boundary located near 1,270.00. In larger perspective, bulls are expected to take the lead once again, although the pair might prolong consolidation for the next couple of days.
In full accordance with expectations, in first half of the previous trading session the buck continued to trade against the gold in a limbo between the 1,270.50 and 1,276.70 marks that were located just above the lower trend-line of a large dominant ascending channel. However, the subsequent admission of guilt by General Flynn led to 0.76% rise in demand for safe haven metal just in one hour. But as it was an impulse reaction, a combination of the 100- and 200-hour SMAs managed to neutralize the surge.
Since there are no impactful news planned for today, the rate is likely to spend this trading day between the 55-hour SMA at 1,279.00 and the above bottom boundary located near 1,270.00. In larger perspective, bulls are expected to take the lead once again, although the pair might prolong consolidation for the next couple of days.
As it was anticipated, yesterday’s trading session the exchange rate spent in a flat movement between support and resistance zones located at the 1,270 and 1,275 marks. As long as there are no substantial news coming from the United States, the pair is not expected to jump above the 1,280.42 level that represents location of the monthly PP and the 100-hour SMA. The similar assumption holds for the 1,270.00 mark that is crossed by the bottom boundary of a dominant ascending channel.
In larger perspective it is still unclear whether the above dominant pattern will sustain or it will be broken amid the pressure from a medium-term descending channel. Most probably until the market sentiment turns bearish the rate will manage to keep gradual advance.