The Trend Might be Shifting for Gold as Support Indicators Turn Into Resistance

Gold has been bullish for a long time, but this week the price has been breaking MAs to the downside, which have turned into resistance


GOLD has been on a bullish trend for more than a year and the trend kept getting stronger, particularly in recent months, as the sentiment kept deteriorating in financial markets. The trade war has been escalating and the global economy has weakened and, as a result, Gold has benefited greatly as the ultimate safe haven.

But, the sentiment has turned positive this week as China has softened tones regarding the trade war. We can see from the H4 chart in Gold that during the uptrend, moving averages have been providing support on pullbacks and pushed the trend higher, especially in the last few months.

But, Gold broke below the 50 SMA (yellow) and the 100 simple MA (green). The 100 SMA turned into resistance today after being broken yesterday. When moving averages turn from support into resistance, it is a sign that the pressure is now on the downside. So, for now we won’t try to go long on Gold until moving averages turn into support again, unless the US employment report comes out pretty bad.

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Skerdian Meta Lead Analyst. Skerdian is a professional Forex trader and a market analyst. He has been actively engaged in market analysis for the past 11 years. Before becoming our head analyst, Skerdian served as a trader and market analyst in Saxo Bank's local branch, Aksioner. Skerdian specialized in experimenting with developing models and hands-on trading. Skerdian has a masters degree in finance and investment.

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