Gold Technical Forecast: XAU/USD Weekly Trade Levels
- Gold breakout marks ninth-consecutive weekly advance- surges to fresh all-time high
- The move marks the largest single-week range on record, and multi-year extremes in range and momentum.
- Exhaustion risk mounts- US inflation on tap ahead of Fed rate decision (Oct 29)
- Resistance 4084-4113 (key), 4308, 4583– Support 3859, 3782 (key), 3666
Gold prices exploded to fresh record highs this week, with XAU/USD extending the breakout to multi-year extremes in range, duration, and momentum. While the broader outlook remains constructive, the immediate advance may be vulnerable from these levels as the exhaustion signals mount. Traders now turn their focus to key U.S. inflation data due next week, with the September CPI release likely to set the tone ahead of the FOMC rate decision. The battle lines are drawn on the XAU/USD weekly chart, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Gold Price Chart – XAU/USD Weekly
Chart Prepared by Michael Boutros, Sr. Technical Strategist; XAU/USD on TradingView
Technical Outlook: In my last Gold Technical Forecast we noted that the, “bulls are in control with breach of a multi-year uptrend now extended towards initial resistance hurdles. From a trading standpoint, look to reduce portions of long-exposure / raise protective stops on a stretch towards 4100- losses would need to be limited to 3782 IF price is heading higher on this stretch with a close above the 75% parallel needed to fuel the next major leg of the advance.” XAU/USD broke higher this week with the bulls exhausting into confluent uptrend resistance on Friday.
This week’s rally marks the largest single-week range on record and the ninth consecutive weekly advance— the first such streak since August 2020, when the yearly high was registered. Weekly momentum has also surged to its highest level since April 2006, which likewise coincided with that year’s peak in gold. These technical observations suggest that while the broader outlook remains constructive, the immediate advance may be vulnerable at these levels.
Initial weekly support rests along the median-line, currently near the 4000 mark and a break / weekly close below this slope would be needed to suggest a more significant high is in place / a larger correction is underway. Monthly-open support rests at 3859 with broader bullish invalidation now raise to the 61.8% extension of the May advance at 3782.
Weekly resistance is eyed with the upper parallel / 2.618% extension of the 2015 advance at 4308- a topside breach / weekly close above this threshold would threaten another bout of accelerated gains with the next major technical considerations eyed at the 3.618% extension of the April decline at 4492 and the 1.618% extension of yearly advance at 4553.
Bottom line: The gold breakout extended into record highs this week with multi-year extremes registered in momentum, range, and duration- the exhaustion risk is mounting. From a trading standpoint, losses would need to be limited to 4000 IF price is heading higher on this stretch with a weekly close above 4308 needed to fuel the next major leg of the advance.
Keep in mind that key U.S. inflation data is due next week, with September CPI figures on tap Friday. The release will be pivotal ahead of the FOMC interest rate decision the following week, and traders will be watching Fed Fund Futures closely for any shift in rate expectations into year-end. In the meantime, traders will be closely monitoring developments regarding the escalating China trade dispute and the ongoing U.S. government shutdown. Headline risk over the next few weeks will be significant- stay nimble and watch the weekly closes for guidance. I’ll publish an updated Gold Short-term Outlook next week for a closer look at the near-term XAU/USD technical trade levels.
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--- Written by Michael Boutros, Sr Technical Strategist
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