{"id":11031,"date":"2010-07-12T12:45:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T16:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=11031"},"modified":"2010-07-12T12:45:19","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T16:45:19","slug":"gold-tries-to-hold-above-1200oz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/07\/12\/gold-tries-to-hold-above-1200oz\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Tries to Hold Above $1200\/oz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Fast Brokers<\/strong> &#8211; Gold is easing back from Friday\u2019s highs as the precious metal tried  to hold above its highly psychological $1200\/oz level. \u00a0Gold is still in  the midst of a key technical battle as investors debate whether to keep  the precious metal within the bounds of its medium-term uptrend line or  send gold reeling towards a more protracted downturn. \u00a0Considering  investor uncertainty is still sitting at an abnormally high level it  currently looks like the bulls will win this battle. \u00a0Additionally,  investors should also remember gold has the potential to lock back into  its negative correlation with the greenback should the risk trade  continue its broad-based recovery. \u00a0U.S. earnings season kicks off  today, meaning the risk trade could be tested over the next week or two.  \u00a0We\u2019ve also got key data releases from around the globe disbursed  through the week meaning markets could be approached a period of  volatility. \u00a0Investors should keep a sharp eye on the FX markets and  monitor the ability of the EUR\/USD and Cable to hold onto their  respective near-term uptrends.<\/p>\n<div>Technically speaking, gold multiple uptrend lines in place and  $1200\/oz becomes a technical cushion once again. \u00a0Gold also has  technical supports in the form of 7\/9 and 7\/8 lows. \u00a0As for the topside,  gold faces technical barriers in the form of intraday and 7\/9 highs.<\/div>\n<div>Present Price: $1204.40\/ oz<\/div>\n<div>Resistances: $1206.43\/oz, $1208.55\/oz, $1210.39\/oz, $1212.49\/oz,  $1214.57\/oz, $1216.85\/oz<\/div>\n<div>Supports: \u00a0$1203.77\/oz, $1201.95\/oz, $1200.39\/oz, $1197.88\/oz,  $1196.22\/oz, $1194.23\/oz<\/div>\n<div>Psychological: $1200\/oz, July highs and lows<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastbrokers.com\/commentary\/image\/July12Gold.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastbrokers.com\/commentary\/image\/July12Gold.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>(click chart to enlarge)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Market Commentary<\/strong><\/em> provided by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fastbrokers.com\/index.php?9f9043f9\" target=\"_blank\">Fast                                            Brokers.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> FastBrokers\u2019 market commentary is                                            provided for information purposes   only     and       under    no               circumstances        should              be    regarded     neither   as  an       investment          advice   nor   as a               solicitation     or      an    offer       to   sell\/buy       any           financial  product.            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Please           carefully         review       all             risk   disclosure      documents    before           opening an        account         as   these            financial         instruments   are      not         appropriate       for all            investors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fast Brokers &#8211; Gold is easing back from Friday\u2019s highs as the precious metal tried to hold above its highly psychological $1200\/oz level. \u00a0Gold is still in the midst of a key technical battle as investors debate whether to keep the precious metal within the bounds of its medium-term uptrend line or send gold &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/07\/12\/gold-tries-to-hold-above-1200oz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gold Tries to Hold Above $1200\/oz&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}