Gold Price Analysis: Multi-year highs at $1818 to test bulls’ commitment – Confluence Detector

Gold has held onto solid gains above $1800 despite the broad-based US dollar rebound, as investors remain unnerved amid looming coronavirus risks and ahead of the critical US data due later this week. Will the bulls retest the eight-year highs at $1818.17?  

The Technical Confluences Indicator shows that the buyers continue to face stiff resistance at $1809, which is the convergence of the pivot point one-day R1, previous high on four-hour and Bollinger Band one-hour Upper.

A break above the latter will see a rally towards $1818, where the multi-year high, pivot point one-day R2 and Bollinger Band one-day Upper coincide.

The next resistance awaits at $1821.40, the confluence of the pivot point one-month R1 and Fibonacci 161.8% one-day.

On the downside, $1804.50 will limit any pullbacks, as the SMA50 and 10 one-hour intersect Fibonacci 61.8% one-day at that level.

Further south, a cluster of healthy support levels are seen at $1802/01, which is the confluence of the SMA100 one-hour, Fibonacci 38.2% one-day and Fibonacci 38.2% one-week.

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The Confluence Detector finds exciting opportunities using Technical Confluences. The TC is a tool to locate and point out those price levels where there is a congestion of indicators, moving averages, Fibonacci levels, Pivot Points, etc. Knowing where these congestion points are located is very useful for the trader, and can be used as a basis for different strategies.

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