Analysis of gold news: Spot gold fluctuated and fell in early Asian trading on Monday (January 27), and is currently trading around $2,757/ounce. Gold prices continued to rise by 0.6% last Friday (November 24), reaching a high of $2,785.86/ounce during the session, just one step away from the historical high of $2,789.95, closing at $2,770/ounce, up 2.5% on a weekly basis, the fourth consecutive week of gains, as uncertainty about US President Trump's trade policy has caused the dollar to lose momentum, thereby boosting demand for safe-haven gold. The dollar fell 0.63% on Friday to close at 107.46, with a weekly decline of 1.77%, marking its worst weekly performance in more than a year. People expect that the tariffs imposed by U.S. President Trump will be lower than previously feared and are unlikely to Triggering an international trade war. In addition to the Fed's interest rate decision, this week will also release the US December durable goods orders monthly rate, the Bank of Canada's interest rate decision, the European Central Bank's interest rate decision, the US fourth quarter GDP data, and the US December PCE data. It can be said to be a super week, and investors need to make position adjustments in advance. The survey shows that most analysts and retail investors tend to be bullish on the trend of gold in the next week.
Gold technical analysis: Gold closed higher last week, approaching the previous high of 2789, and then paused slightly in the small cycle near 2785. The overall weekly K-line closed at a high level. The overall rhythm of last week was a unilateral step-up, which was relatively stable, with a step back, but the overall upward trend was good. Although it surged on Friday, it formed a small hammer-shaped positive line with an upper shadow line. The overall trend showed signs of adjustment. Therefore, we should not chase the bullish trend and consider it when it falls back. As for the short position, it is unreasonable not to go short when it is close to the new high. From the current market, the upper pressure has moved down to the 2783 line. Gold fell back under pressure from the historical high on Friday. Gold fell. Without breaking through the historical high pressure, gold rebounded in the early Asian trading and continued to go short.
The gold 4-hour chart is a step-by-step oscillatory upward channel. With the release of space, the volume energy is slightly weakened, which may be accompanied by a wash-like consolidation and correction move, and it will turn back step by step. It will accumulate momentum to recover and rise again. Combined with the weekly closing, there should be an inertial rise this week. However, after breaking through the high, the indicator in the attached picture will enter a high level, and there will be a need for correction. At that time, it will depend on the correction method in the market, whether it is a strong consolidation correction or a deep correction. The two methods should be combined with the intraday pattern. Different layouts, strong consolidation correction or sideways and then higher, deep retracement correction. It is easy to go back and forth and then rise after washing losses, which is more challenging to grasp the entry point. Try to be more prudent at the beginning of this week and set the time after the European market. Gold rose and fell in 30 minutes. Gold opened directly with a gap in the morning. The strength of gold bulls began to be insufficient. The resistance above gold still suppressed the rise of gold. Gold continued to go short at highs under the pressure of the historical high of 2790 in the morning. Gold rebounded near 2780 and could be shorted first. If gold falls below 2763, gold shorts will continue to exert force. The market is changing rapidly. Since gold cannot break through the historical high in one fell swoop, it is still difficult to break through directly in the short term. Gold will continue to be short after rebounding in early trading.
On the whole, our professional and senior gold analyst team recommends rebounding shorting as the main strategy for short-term gold operations today, and callback longing as the auxiliary strategy. The short-term focus on the upper side is 2772-2777 resistance, and the short-term focus on the lower side is 2745-2740 support.