Not financial advice. I trade my own account and publish my process, wins and losses both. The Socrates platform is Martin Armstrong's work at armstrongeconomics.com - the analysis here is my reading of it, and my reading can be wrong. Levels are for AGQ at face value. 2x ETFs decay - trading vehicles only.
Nasdaq has been sideways since August 19. Ping ponging between a level of support and resistance. I have an area on the 5M that is showing good resistance. I have my Curve Supply and Demand areas marked. I have my LTF zones marked within the curve zones.
Structure. A completed head-and-shoulders top: left shoulder ~4,440, head ~4,700, right shoulder 4,508.91 (fib 0). The neckline (white dotted) runs from the 4,290 trough between the left shoulder and the head, through the 4,305 trough after the head, and slopes gently down to ~4,255 at the right edge. Price is at 4,310 with 2h21m left on the candle: the last two bars wicked through the neckline to ~4,255 and closed back above it. So far it is a pierce, not a break. Two further bearish items sit on top of the pattern: the descending line from the head through the right shoulder capped every bounce, and the long rising trendline from the ~3,990 lows (thin dashed) was lost at the ~4,390 apex where the two lines met. The market broke down out of that apex, which is the reason the current bounce is small. Levels, and what backs them. - 4,400 — the red line, the POC of the whole visible profile (the widest volume bar on the chart) and the horizontal that held the shoulders. Former support, now the roof. A 4h close back above it retakes the right-shoulder low and neuters the pattern. - 4,475 / 4,400–4,475 sell zone — the orange line and the second-heaviest volume node; the right shoulder was built there. - 4,575–4,625 sell zone — the shelf under the head; the volume cluster at 4,575–4,600 is where sellers last took control. - POI 4,329 — the purple line, sitting inside the last small distribution before the drop. This is the natural retest level for the neckline break. - 0.618 = 4,257 — coincides with the neckline. This is the confluence that has to fail for the pattern to be confirmed. - Buy zone 4,100–4,225 — t he 0.786 (4,189) to 1.0 (4,102) band of the 4,102→4,509 leg, and, importantly, a low-volume pocket on the profile. Price does not linger in air pockets; if the neckline goes, the move to the lower edge of the zone should be fast, and the real bid is where volume picks up again, at 4,100 and below. Regime panel. TREND DOWN, score −48, ADX 24.5 and rising, volatility in the top quartile, only 5 bars in state. That is a fresh, accelerating downtrend with expanding range — the environment in which pullbacks get sold, not bought. The blue path. The drawn roadmap is: small bounce to the POI (~4,330), then the neckline break to the buy zone (~4,130), then a wide alternation 4,130 ↔ 4,475 ↔ 4,590 for the following weeks. Read it as a map of where the reactions are expected, not as a forecast of the sequence. The two parts that are actually tradable are: 1. Short the retest. Sell 4,330–4,400 (POI up to the POC) with the stop above 4,400 on a 4h close basis, first target 4,225 (top of the buy zone), second 4,130. Trigger is the retest failing, not the wick we already have. 2. Buy the pocket. Bid 4,100–4,225 with the stop under 4,100, targets 4,400 then 4,475. This is the counter-trend leg and should be sized as one. Invalidation, declared up front. Short thesis dies on a 4h close above 4,400; the pattern itself dies above 4,508.91 (right shoulder high). Long thesis in the buy zone dies on a 4h close below 4,100. The caveat worth stating. The textbook measured move of this top is head minus neckline ≈ 410 points, i.e. a target near 3,880 — well below the buy zone. The green band is where the first meaningful reaction should come (fib 0.786–1.0 plus the return of volume), not the pattern's full objective. If the buy zone gives way on a close, do not treat 4,100 as "must hold"; the profile has real acceptance down at 4,000–4,050. Also, a descending neckline is the weaker version of a top (the market has already printed lower lows), so demand a close below 4,255, not another wick, before calling the break. Bottom line: a fresh downtrend with a top pattern one close away from confirmation. The trade of record is selling the retest into 4,330–4,400; the buy zone is the first place to cover, and only the second place to buy. ----------- This isn't financial advise, this is just my plan for the next days/month.
Buying strategy in nifty : Buy price :23460 stop loss :23370 target : 23600 selling strategy in nifty : sell price :23620 stop loss :23730 target :23480 Disclaimer : I am not a Sebi reaserch analyst please take advise from your financial advisor before take any position based on my recommendation and drop a comment on my recommendation which is helpful me to correct my mistakes. Thanking for your support
Gold is at current key support zone, where I’m watching for potential buying opportunities 📌 Entry: Current zone or support 🎯 Targets: Previous highs and marked resistance levels 🛑 Invalidation: Below the key support zone Looking for bullish confirmation before entry. If support holds, a move toward the upside targets could follow.
I’m looking for: Liquidity → CHoCH/BOS → FVG Retest → RSI Confirmation → Bullish Continuation I would rather wait for a clean setup than enter in the middle of a move. 🟢 Bullish bias remains valid while structure holds. 🔴 If the key bullish structure breaks, the setup needs to be reassessed. Trade the confluence, not the emotion. This is my technical analysis and not financial advice. Always manage risk before entering a trade. #TradingView #TechnicalAnalysis #Bullish #MarketStructure #CHoCH #BOS #FVG #RSI #PriceAction #SmartMoneyConcepts #Forex #Crypto #Stocks
HIVE remains in a broader bearish trend, but price is now showing a potential bullish reversal within a falling-wedge formation. The reaction from the 0.0375–0.045 immediate demand zone is encouraging, with buyers currently pushing toward the wedge resistance. 0.0687 is the key confirmation level; a weekly close above it would strengthen the breakout thesis, opening 0.075–0.11, followed by the 0.24–0.28 HTF supply. A loss of 0.0375 invalidates the bullish reversal setup. Probability over prediction. WESLAD Research
Confluence of MULTIPLE Harmonic BULLISH ZONES Weekly BULLISH DEEP CRAB Black D , Daily BULLISH DEEP CRAB Red D and Daily BULLISH BAT 4HR BULLISH BAT GREEN D 1HR Bullish CRAB BLUE D Strong potential reversal zoneone BUY
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Bitcoin is showing a clear rejection from the major resistance area around 79,281–80,069. Price moved strongly upward into this zone but failed to break and hold above it after the rejection, sellers stepped in and pushed price back toward the lower support areas. Technically Price 79,281 level is now an important rejection level if BTC continues to remain below this area, the market can potentially continue its downside move toward the next support zones. As long the first important area to watch is around 77,759 a clean break below this level could increase bearish pressure and open the way toward TP1 at 76,926, followed by TP2 around 76,022. On the other hand, if BTC manages to reclaim 79,281 and successfully breaks above the 79,600–80,069 resistance zone, the bearish setup would become weaker and bullish continuation could come back into focus. Overall Bias: Bearish while price remains below the major resistance zone. Wait for confirmation and proper risk management before taking any position. your support means a lot! If you found this analysis useful, leave a Like and tell me your thoughts in the comments. Best of luck with your trading journey! 🚀
Bias: October WTI settled at 101.39, up 1.34 or 1.34 percent against Friday's 100.05, and that green number hides what was an outright rejection. The contract opened 102.25, ran to 104.95 during the European morning, then gave the whole advance back and settled in the lower fifth of a 4.42 dollar range, only 19.5 percent up from the 100.53 session low. This is the second consecutive session to attack the 104 handle and fail, after Friday printed 104.46, traded down to 98.48 and settled at 100.05. One difference matters: after the 02:30 PM ET settlement the market recovered and was holding 101.85 to 101.97 into the evening, so the session low was defended within an hour of being made, which Friday never managed. The driver was supply and geopolitics rather than demand. Press reports at 08:35 AM ET indicated a damaged Saudi pipeline will be largely out of service for three to five weeks, and the session high coincided with that headline. The reversal coincided with two statements out of Washington at 11:05 AM ET and 11:32 AM ET describing an energy-infrastructure understanding between Ukraine and Russia and openness to engagement with Iran, alongside official commentary that roughly 12 million barrels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. Iranian naval authorities publicly assert the strait is closed. Those claims cannot both be fully correct and the market is pricing the gap. The physical side remains genuinely tight: the curve is in steep backwardation with October roughly 4.4 above November and roughly 13.1 above January 2027, Brent settled 105.68 for a differential near 4.29, and computed product cracks sit at extreme levels, close to unchanged on the session once the different price bases are accounted for. The trend environment is powerful, with the 9-day directional index at 45.26 and every major average below spot, but the 14-day relative strength reading of 75.28 and a 14-day stochastic at 87.62 with the fast line rolling beneath the slow line describe extension. Bias is neutral with a downward lean beneath 102.29, favouring a fade of strength into proven supply rather than a chase, with the acknowledgement that a single overnight supply headline voids the technical case outright. Resistance: - 108.47, third pivot resistance, extended mechanical target reachable only on a discrete supply-shock session - 106.71, second pivot resistance, roughly 0.4 of one average true range beyond today's extreme and a plausible headline-day objective - 104.95, session high and October contract high, made on the largest half-hourly volume of the European morning and immediately rejected - 104.46, prior-week high, the upper edge of the three-session distribution band and the reference that defines whether the breakout attempt is live - 104.04 to 104.05, first pivot resistance in confluence with the September 10 breakout high one cent apart, the strongest single level on the chart - 103.00 to 103.15, round-number band and proven intraday supply, where three separate half-hourly attempts were rejected before the break - 102.29, Tuesday pivot point, the arithmetic centre of today's session and the first mechanical decision level Support: - 101.39, today's settlement, the level the post-settlement market has been defending into the evening - 100.53, session low made in the settlement window, the pivot on which the higher-low structure against Friday rests - 100.00 to 100.05, round number and Friday settlement within five cents of each other - 99.57 to 99.63, first pivot support in confluence with the 38.2 percent retracement of the September 8 to September 14 advance - 98.48, Friday's session low and the lower boundary of the three-session balance - 97.87, second pivot support, computed from today's high, low and settlement, with a full one-average-true-range decline landing lower at 97.36 - 96.05, the September 9 settlement and the price from which the current advance originated - 95.21 to 95.37, third pivot support in confluence with the September 10 breakout-session low, the deepest structural reference still relevant Primary Setup: SHORT October WTI from the 102.90 to 103.30 zone on a rejection of the round-number band during the pit session, stop 104.20 above the 104.04 to 104.05 pivot-resistance and prior-breakout-high confluence, which gives a 0.90 to 1.30 buffer appropriate to a 4.03 average true range. Targets at 101.39 first, today's settlement and the level buyers defended after the close was struck, 100.53 second at the session low and the structural pivot of the higher-low sequence, and 99.63 third at first pivot support in confluence with the 99.57 retracement, contingent on momentum extending through the round number on expanding volume. Risk to reward is roughly 1:1.6 to the first target and 1:3.2 to the third from a 103.10 entry midpoint against the 104.20 stop. Half size is appropriate, and this is a pit-session trade by design: the industry-group weekly inventory bulletin is scheduled at approximately 04:30 PM ET, two hours after the 02:30 PM ET pit close, so the day's largest scheduled repricing event arrives once pit liquidity has gone. Wednesday, September 16 then stacks the weekly petroleum status report at 10:30 AM ET against an interest rate decision at 02:00 PM ET and a press conference at 02:30 PM ET, which lands exactly at the pit close. The pit opens at 09:00 AM ET and the first directional test relative to 102.29 is the session's most informative signal. If the European bid instead carries through the pit open and 102.29 is accepted early, the fade is deferred rather than abandoned, and the reference flips to long from 102.20 to 102.45 on a retest of the reclaimed pivot, stop 101.25, targets 104.04 then 104.95. A settlement above 104.46 negates the short thesis entirely, and a confirmed disruption to Strait of Hormuz transit, further damage to producing or transit infrastructure, or a producer-group output statement would void it in real time regardless of price. Tuesday is a positioning session inside a defined structure rather than a decision session. The scheduled calendar is thin, with Chinese activity data at 10:00 PM ET Monday, the UK labour market report at 02:00 AM ET, German economic sentiment at 05:00 AM ET, the New York regional manufacturing survey at 08:30 AM ET expected at 15 against 20.60 prior, a twenty-year bond auction at 01:00 PM ET and a congressional cloture vote at 02:15 PM ET fifteen minutes ahead of the pit close. None of that moves crude on its own. What moves crude is unscheduled, and every geopolitical item that shaped today arrived outside a scheduled window, two of them after the pit close. Overnight gap exposure is larger in this contract than in any index, and the decision that deserves full conviction sits on the other side of Wednesday rather than inside Tuesday.
🔍 Market Overview Gold continues to maintain a positive bullish structure on the daily timeframe after recovering strongly from the 4,120–4,198 support zone. The previous rally pushed price toward higher levels, while the current correction has not yet broken the broader bullish structure. As long as buyers continue to defend the marked support zone and the higher-low structure remains intact, the overall trend continues to favor further upside expansion in XAUUSD. 📈 Market Structure Analysis Market Trend: Bullish Momentum: Corrective / Consolidating Current Phase: Bullish Continuation The price structure shows that Gold broke away from the lower consolidation area with strong bullish momentum. The recent decline is bringing price lower, but for now, it still appears to be a pullback within the broader uptrend rather than a confirmed bearish reversal. Price remaining comfortably above the main support zone suggests that buyers still have the advantage. A clear bullish reaction from the current structure could trigger the next upside expansion. 🚀 Trading Scenario ✅ Bullish Scenario Main trend conditions: Price continues to hold above the 4,120–4,198 support zone. The higher-low structure remains intact. Selling pressure begins to weaken during the correction. Price regains bullish momentum after the pullback. Trading Plan: Look for buying opportunities after a confirmed bullish reaction rather than chasing price while the correction is still developing. A recovery of the short-term bullish structure would provide stronger confirmation for trend continuation. 🎯 Target 1: 4,612 🎯 Target 2: 4,755 ❌ Bullish Invalidation Conditions Price decisively breaks below the main support zone. A daily candle closes strongly below 4,120. Market structure begins forming lower lows. The correction develops into a strong bearish expansion. A confirmed breakdown below the support zone would significantly weaken the current bullish setup and could open the door for a deeper correction. 🎯 Key Support Zone: 4,120–4,198 📍 Key Levels to Watch 🟢 Nearest Resistance: 4,612 🟢 Main Target: 4,755 🔴 Nearest Support: 4,198 🔴 Key Support: 4,120 ⚠️ Trading View The overall structure remains bullish while XAUUSD holds above the key demand zone. The current decline may simply represent a corrective and reaccumulation phase before buyers attempt to regain control. If price stabilizes and bullish momentum returns, 4,612 becomes the first upside target. A convincing breakout above this area could extend the move toward 4,755. However, losing the 4,120–4,198 support zone would materially change the structure and require a reassessment of the bullish scenario. 🧠 Expert View The current setup is supported by: Strong recovery from the main support zone. The higher-timeframe bullish structure remains intact. Price has not returned below the previous breakout area. The current decline still has the characteristics of a pullback. The potential for another higher low remains intact. Clear upside targets at 4,612 and 4,755. Preferred approach: Avoid trying to catch the exact bottom and avoid chasing price. Wait for the market to show that buyers are genuinely returning before considering positions in the direction of the broader trend. 🛡️ Risk Management Risk only 1–2% of trading capital per position. Define the invalidation level before entering. Place stop losses according to the relevant support structure. Do not increase position size simply because price continues to correct. Wait for price-action confirmation rather than relying purely on prediction. If the support structure fails, respect the market signal and reassess the bias. Disclaimer: This analysis is provided for educational purposes and to share a market perspective only. It should not be considered financial or investment advice.
Yesterday Recap 14/9/26 Yesterday, GBPTHB closed at 44.83 in the Thai market. There were no high-impact UK economic releases, so market attention was mainly focused on USD direction. Fundamental 15/9/26 Key Events Today | Forecast | Previous UK: 13:00 Claimant Count Change | 8.3K | -11.0K UK: 13:00 Employment Change 3M/3M | 83K UK: 13:00 Unemployment Rate | 4.9% | 4.9% UK: 13:00 Average Earnings ex Bonus | 3.5% | 3.5% Today's key GBP data will be the UK labour-market figures. Claimant Count Change is forecast to increase by 8.3K, compared with -11.0K previously, indicating that the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits could rise. A higher-than-expected reading would be negative for the GBP. Meanwhile, Employment Change 3M/3M is forecast at 83K, while the Unemployment Rate is expected to remain unchanged at 4.9%. Average Earnings ex Bonus is forecast at 3.5%, unchanged from the previous reading. If the labour market remains resilient and wage growth stays elevated, this could reduce concerns over the UK economy and support the GBP. Conversely, weaker-than-expected labour-market data could increase pressure on the GBP. Overall, GBPTHB is expected to trade within a volatile range, with the main focus on UK labour-market data and GBP direction. Technical Analysis – 1H Bias: Sideway Up The structure continues to form Higher Lows (HL), while the price is holding above 44.77, creating potential for a move toward 44.87–44.90. Overall, GBPTHB remains relatively strong today. Resistance: 44.87 / 44.90 Support: 44.77 Target: 44.87 → 44.90 Cut Loss: 44.76
Technically, GGGL is trading at an attractive level and may offer an accumulation opportunity. The stock has reacted to this trend-line several times in the past, making it an important support area. If the price respects the trend-line again, a trade can be considered after confirmation from a bullish daily candle.
Technically, GGGL is trading at an attractive level and may offer an accumulation opportunity. The stock has reacted to this trend-line several times in the past, making it an important support area. If the price respects the trend-line again, a trade can be considered after confirmation from a bullish daily candle.
Yesterday Recap 14/9/26 Yesterday, CHFTHB closed at 40.68 in the Thai market, while Swiss PPI MoM came in at 0.7%, above the 0.1% forecast and up from -0.1% previously. Meanwhile, Swiss PPI YoY improved to -0.7% from -2.1% previously. This indicated that producer price pressures in Switzerland increased more than expected, which could reduce expectations for further monetary policy easing by the SNB and provide support for the CHF. Fundamental 15/9/26 Key Events Today There are no high-impact Swiss economic releases today, leaving the CHF more sensitive to global market factors, particularly USD direction, Bond Yields, and Risk Sentiment. In addition, equity-market performance and demand for safe-haven assets remain important drivers for the CHF. During Risk-Off conditions, investors tend to increase their exposure to safe-haven assets, which could support the CHF. Conversely, Risk-On conditions may reduce demand for the CHF. Overall, CHFTHB is expected to trade within a range, with the main focus on Risk Sentiment, USD direction, and Bond Yields. Technical Analysis – 1H Bias: Sideway The price continues to trade within the 40.58–40.71 range. If it holds above 40.58, the pair could rebound toward 40.71, although a clear breakout is still needed to confirm the next directional move. Resistance: 40.71 Support: 40.58 Target: 40.71 Cut Loss: 40.57
Based on the current situation and the chart pattern i qm expecting now gold is going to end the down trend from today onwards, my initial resistance is 4358 if it breaks today than my next target is 4550
Bias: Gold spent Monday failing to do the one thing the news set said it should. The December contract ran a session high of 4,396.8 and a session low of 4,293.0, which is also the one-month low, and the post-settlement electronic quote read 4,336.4 at 04:24 PM ET, down 72.5 points or 1.64 percent from Friday's prior close of 4,408.9. That close sits at 41.8 percent of the session range, computed from the same high, low and post-settlement print, so the decline was absorbed off the low rather than accelerating into the bell. The entire session traded beneath Friday's reference. Meanwhile the energy complex priced an active supply shock, with naval forces declaring the Strait of Hormuz closed, a supertanker reported ablaze after striking a mine, a damaged pipeline expected to stay out of service for three to five weeks, and crude settling at 101.39 dollars a barrel, up 1.34 percent. Equity volatility rose 7.95 percent to 17.11 while index futures fell. Gold did not participate in any of it. The reason is monetary. The scheduled consensus is a 25 basis point increase at the meeting that convenes Tuesday and announces Wednesday, the dollar index closed at 99.500, up 0.41 percent and at a one and a half week high, and the ten-year yield finished at 4.992. Firm inflation and labour data through the past two weeks built that expectation and the discount-rate channel is currently overwhelming the haven channel. Structurally the metal has now completed a lower high and a lower low from the late-August peak, it sits 3.94 percent below its 20-day average and just 0.21 percent above its 50-day average, and the 50-day is the only average it still holds. Momentum is the counterweight, with the 14-day stochastic pinned at 7.34 percent and relative strength at 41.79, which argues against pressing new downside at the lows. Dealer-positioning data for the gold fund carries a next-expiration move of 1.71 percent, though the expiry date behind it was not captured and it therefore cannot be scaled to a single session. Bias is lower into the mechanical resistance band while the metal holds beneath its pivot, with the long-end auction at 01:00 PM ET the session's first-order catalyst. Resistance: - 4,514.1 GC 20-day moving average, the line separating a bounce from a genuine structural repair, requiring 4.10 percent of recovery from the current print - 4,494.9 GC computed third resistance, roughly 1.4 average true ranges above the reference print and relevant only to a short-covering event on a soft policy outcome - 4,445.9 GC computed second resistance, converging within three points with the upper edge of the one average-true-range projection at 4,448.7, which marks the realistic ceiling for any Tuesday recovery - 4,408.9 GC Friday prior close, untouched all of Monday, and the level whose reclaim would fill the gap that defined the session - 4,391.1 GC computed first resistance, sitting 5.7 points beneath Monday's session high and forming the primary short reference with it - 4,375.0 GC Monday opening print, an unfilled reference from the session that produced the decline - 4,342.1 GC computed pivot, the immediate mechanical ceiling where Monday's late recovery stalled, and the single number that frames whether Tuesday trades in sell-rallies or buy-dips condition Support: - 4,327.2 GC 50-day moving average, the only average price still holds and by just 9.2 points on a closing basis, making it the most consequential level on the board - 4,298.1 GC 38.2 percent retracement measured from the 13-week low, effectively coincident with Monday's extreme - 4,293.0 GC Monday session low and one-month low, the defended level and the reference that defines the counter-trend alternate - 4,287.3 GC computed first support, 5.7 points beneath the session low, so the 4,287 to 4,293 zone is a confluence a break must clear in full to count - 4,238.3 GC computed second support, the first objective on a confirmed break of the September shelf - 4,224.1 GC lower edge of the one average-true-range projection, converging with the computed second support and marking the reasonable maximum downside for one normal session - 4,183.5 GC computed third support, roughly 1.4 average true ranges below the reference print and reachable only on liquidation of a crowded speculative long book Primary Setup: SHORT GC from the 4,386 to 4,396 band, where the computed first resistance at 4,391.1 meets the session high at 4,396.8 that already rejected Monday's only rally attempt. Stop 4,421, placed above the moving-average crossover stall reference at 4,414.3 and above Friday's prior close at 4,408.9 so that a real reclaim invalidates rather than a wick. Targets at 4,342.1 first, the computed pivot and nearest mechanical magnet, then 4,293.0 second, the session and one-month low coincident with the 4,298.1 retracement, then 4,238.3 as a runner only if momentum extends on expanding volume. Risk to reward is roughly 1:1.6 to the first target, 1:3.3 to the second and 1:5.1 to the third, measured from the 4,391 midpoint against the 4,421 stop. Half size is appropriate given the policy announcement scheduled for Wednesday, which makes Tuesday a staging session rather than a resolution. Pricing is likely to be disorderly in the minutes immediately around the twenty-year auction result at 01:00 PM ET, and the cash open at 09:30 AM ET sets the session's first directional test. Alternate Setup: LONG GC from 4,290 to 4,300 only on evidence of absorption at the shelf, a zone bracketing the session low at 4,293.0 and the 4,298.1 retracement, and sitting directly above the computed first support at 4,287.3. Stop 4,262 beneath the zone. Targets at 4,342.1 first, 4,391.1 second and 4,445.9 as a runner, contingent on the dollar index losing its Monday gains. Risk to reward is roughly 1:1.4 to the first target and 1:2.9 to the second from the 4,295 midpoint. Reduced size on this side, since it trades against the established structure and into an event. Tuesday Events: - 10:00 PM ET Monday, Chinese industrial output (4.8 percent consensus against 4.5 percent prior), retail sales (0.8 percent against 0.6 percent) and urban investment year to date (minus 7.1 percent against minus 6.7 percent) - 02:00 AM ET, UK labour market data, unemployment rate (4.9 percent consensus) and average weekly earnings (3.9 percent against 4.1 percent prior) - 05:00 AM ET, German economic sentiment (40 consensus against 34.2 prior) and current conditions (minus 52.1 against minus 61.1) - 08:30 AM ET, New York regional manufacturing survey (15 consensus against 20.60 prior) - 01:00 PM ET, United States twenty-year bond auction, prior 5.204 percent high yield and 2.530 bid-to-cover, KEY first-order event for gold - 02:15 PM ET, legislative cloture vote - 07:50 PM ET, Japanese trade balance and core machinery orders - Gulf headline risk remains live and unscheduled, with the strait situation and pipeline repair timeline both unresolved How I'm seeing it: - The structural shift is that Monday added a lower low to an already established sequence of lower highs, and it did so while the metal closed beneath its own forward pivot. A market that finishes under its pivot after a 1.64 percent decline is mechanically in sell-rallies condition until it proves otherwise. - The daily candle gapped down and never filled, holding entirely beneath Friday's reference, with a 41.8 percent close position, so it is directional without being a capitulation signature. Volume of 158,885 against a 20-day average of 184,944 means the break happened on below-average participation, which is a real qualifier on conviction. - The mechanism for Tuesday runs entirely through the long end of the yield curve. The ten-year at 4.992 and the dollar index at 99.500 are what is pressing the metal, and the auction at 01:00 PM ET is the scheduled test of both. A firm reception releases gold back toward the pivot, a weak one drives the 4,290 shelf. - The two-sided catalyst is the Gulf. An escalation that moves crude sharply can spike gold on the headline, but Monday's evidence is that such spikes are being sold unless yields fall alongside them. Conversely a credible de-escalation removes what little premium remains and accelerates the downside. - Cross-asset confirms a broad precious-metals liquidation rather than a gold-specific event. Silver fell 2.26 percent to 63.715, underperforming gold on the day and putting the gold to silver ratio at 68.12 measured from the front-month quotes. Crude settled 1.34 percent higher and equity volatility rose 7.95 percent, neither of which helped the metal. - The broader framing is consolidation inside a large drawdown rather than a trend ending, with the contract 25.00 percent below its 52-week high but still 12.91 percent higher across that year and only 0.62 percent changed over three months. The 14-day directional index at 19.97 sits below the trending threshold and the 14-day relative strength at 41.79 is mid-range. The 50-day average at 4,327.2 is the level whose failure on a closing basis flips this from consolidation to continuation. - Path weighting for Tuesday, as analyst judgment rather than statistically derived figures: Path A at 35 percent is dollar-led continuation, the metal rejecting the 4,386 to 4,396 band and working the 4,290 shelf by the close. Path B at 30 percent is pin and drift, a 4,312 to 4,376 session that resolves nothing before Wednesday. Path C at 20 percent is oversold reversion, absorption at the shelf carrying back through the pivot toward 4,391.1. Path D at 15 percent is a geopolitical premium spike that runs past 4,408.9 on a Gulf headline, sustained only if yields fall with it. Invalidation: A decisive session close above 4,408.9, Friday's prior close, negates the short thesis by filling the gap that defined Monday. A sustained session above 4,445.9 unlocks 4,494.9 and then the 20-day average at 4,514.1. On the other side, a decisive close beneath 4,287.3 confirms the lower-low structure and opens 4,238.3 and 4,224.1, with 4,183.5 in play only on liquidation.
The broader bearish pennant has broken down, followed by a bearish flag continuation. A pullback into the 0.09–0.12 supply zone could provide another rejection opportunity, with 0.0245–0.0205 demand as the projected downside target. Bias: Bearish. Invalidation: Sustained reclaim above supply.
Gold looks good on chart .as per elliot wave intermediate 5th wave of wave 1 of 5th major wave running ...Target swing high ..