Gold price made a new lower low and is trending lower. This bearish trend is strong as bulls are very weak to push the price back above $1,200. Bulls only managed to push the price towards $1,175, but bears took over once again.
Orange lines = bearish channel
Gold price is inside a downward sloping channel and below the Ichimoku cloud resistance. The trend is bearish. Gold price is making lower lows and lower highs with possible bottom for today at $1,150. The short-term resistance is found at $1,166 and at $1,175. Support is found at $1,150 and at $1,130. If resistance at $1,175 is broken, we should expect the price to bounce towards the Ichimoku cloud near $1,200 at least.
Gold price is in a bearish long-term trend as it can be verified by the weekly chart. The price has not managed to close above the kijun-sen (yellow line) and this bearish sign points to new lows ahead.
The material has been provided by InstaForex Company - www.instaforex.com