Gold's momentum wanes as focus turns to US-Iran talks and NFP report next week

FUNDAMENTAL
OVERVIEWGold pared back Monday’s
gains yesterday as the price pulled back to retest the broken 5100 level. The
bullish momentum from the Friday’s US Supreme Court decision seems to have
already waned, which is something we expected given no changes to the big
picture. In fact, Trump has already
imposed new tariffs under a different law and the tariff deals remain in place.
The new levies actually reduce the effective average tariff rate, so at the
margin it could be a positive. The market might remain
supported in the short-term amid some uncertainty, but I don’t see material
changes to justify a rally back to all-time highs, at the moment. The real
risks remain a potential US-Iran military escalation which could take gold
prices to new highs or a hawkish repricing on stronger US data which would have
a negative effect on the market. Fed’s Waller mentioned that
he would change his dovish stance in case the strong January’s jobs data is
repeated in February, so next week’s NFP report is going to be a key risk event
for gold. GOLD TECHNICAL
ANALYSIS – 4 HOUR TIMEFRAMEOn the 4 hour chart, we can
see the price pulled back to retest the broken resistance now turned support
around the 5100 level. The buyers stepped in around the support with a defined
risk below it position for a rally into new all-time highs. The sellers will
want to see the price falling back below the support to pile in for a drop into
the trendline. GOLD TECHNICAL ANALYSIS – 1
HOUR TIMEFRAMEOn the 1 hour chart, we can
see a minor upward defining the bullish momentum on this timeframe. The buyers
will likely continue to lean on the trendline and the 5100 support to keep
pushing into new highs, while the sellers will look for a break below the
support to extend the pullback into the next trendline around the 5000 level. The
red lines define the average daily range for today. UPCOMING CATALYSTSTomorrow we get the latest US Jobless Claims figures and the third round of
US-Iran talks. On Friday, we conclude the week with the US PPI report.
This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at investinglive.com.

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