COMMODITIES: Trend Conditions in Gold Bullish Following Last Week's Climb
The trend structure in WTI futures is bullish despite the recent pullback. The move down appears corrective and is allowing an overbought trend reading to unwind. The 20-day EMA, at $74.28, has been pierced. A clear break of it would signal scope for a deeper retracement and expose the 50-day EMA, at $72.11. A reversal higher would highlight the end of the correction and refocus attention on $79.48, the Apr 12 ‘24 high and a key resistance. Gold traded higher last week. A bull cycle remains in play and the recent breach of resistance at 2726.2, the Dec 12 high, reinforces current conditions. Sights are on $2790.1, the Oct 31 all-time high. A break of this hurdle would confirm a resumption of the primary uptrend. On the downside, the first key support to watch is $2668.8, the 50-day EMA. A reversal lower and a breach of this average would reinstate a bearish threat.
- WTI Crude up $0.18 or +0.24% at $74.75
- Natural Gas down $0.26 or -6.56% at $3.763
- Gold spot down $7.52 or -0.27% at $2763.68
- Copper down $5 or -1.16% at $427
- Silver down $0.11 or -0.37% at $30.473
- Platinum down $6.09 or -0.64% at $945.48