FX.co ★ Short-term Ichimoku cloud indicator analysis of Gold

Gold price got rejected at major resistance on Friday and pulled back towards our first target at the upper cloud boundary. Gold price reached our $1,670 pull back target given after the initial break below the tenkan-sen and kijun-sen indicators.

Gold price bounced and bulls tried on Thursday to push price above the tenkan-sen and kijun-sen indicators. Resistance at $1,720-25 was very strong and bulls were unable to break it. The Daily candlestick closed below the resistance giving the opportunity to bears to go short with a tight stop. Resistance was confirmed. Friday was dominated by bears. Price confirmed the rejection at the resistance by the two indicators and price reached the upper cloud boundary which was our initial target. Bouncing off the cloud would be a bullish sign. Resistance is at $1,720. Bulls need to reclaim this level in order to hope for a move towards $1,800.