Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD sandwiched between barriers, upside looks open – Confluence Detector

Gold has been clawing its way up above $1,900 as hopes for US stimulus have re-emerged. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will hold another call. If they manage to agree on a multi-trillion relief package, it could boost the precious metal, while yet another failure could push it down. 

How is XAU/USD positioned on the charts?   

The Technical Confluences Indicator is showing that gold has robust support at around $1,904, which is a dense cluster of levels including the Fibonacci 38.2% one-month, the Fibonacci 38.2% one-day, the Simple Moving Average 5-4h, the SMA 200-1h, the SMA 10-4h, and the Bollinger Band 1h-Middle. 

 Looking up, a significant cap awaits at $1,915 – yet it is weaker than the support line mentioned above, opening the door to more upside. At $1,915, a juncture of lines including the SMA 200-4h, the Fibonacci 61.8% one-week and the previous daily high await XAU/USD.

Further above, the upside target is $1,927, which is the confluence of the Pivot Point one-day Resistance 3 and the 50-day SMA.

Low support is at $1,894, which is the meeting point of the PP one-day S1 and the Fibonacci 23.6% one-week. 

Key XAU/USD resistances and supports

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