Gold Holds Under $1,200 For Time Being

Strong dollar remains in headwind.

Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 9 April, 2015
By Christopher Lemieux
Senior Analyst at Bullion.Directory; Senior FX and Commodities Analyst at FX Analytics

The Fed is stringing along financial markets. Either the economy is strong and deserve a tightening of monetary policy, or it is not.

The voting members of the FOMC still remain as divided and as confused as traders. NY Fed Bank President William Dudley told a crowd at an event held by Thompson Reuters that Fed policy will be highly reactive to the market’s reaction.

The dollar pushed higher and holding above 99, while still remaining a key headwind for gold prices.

Currently trading at $1,196 per toz, price action is lingering underneath broken support of $1,198/$1,200. The XAUUSD four-hour chart shows two different, potential, bearish EMA crossovers – 72/200 and 20/50 EMA.

This could create technical selling trending between $1,186 and $1,180. Secondary support can be found at $1,170.

If price action can rebound above $1,200, traders will likely target $1,209 and $1,224, respectively.

Gold will likely remain range bound until the Fed makes their mind up on rates, one way or the other.

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