Analysis of gold news: Spot gold rose above $2,900/ounce in the European session on Monday (February 10), with a daily increase of 1.34%. Market concerns about US President Trump's tariff remarks continued to ferment. At the same time, US economic data strengthened the expectation that the Federal Reserve would maintain high interest rates. The safe-haven and anti-inflation properties of gold jointly pushed gold prices higher. Risk aversion in the global market has heated up, and investors are wary of the economic uncertainty that may be brought about by Trump's tariff policy. Earlier, Trump announced plans to impose a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports, and said that he would implement a reciprocal tariff policy on all countries. This statement has exacerbated market concerns about global trade tensions, prompting funds to flow into safe-haven assets such as gold. In addition, the market is paying attention to the US CPI data to be released this week and the congressional testimony of Federal Reserve Chairman Powell. It is expected that these two events will provide further guidance for the trend of gold.
The focus of the market this week will be the congressional testimony of Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and the US CPI data for January. If the inflation data is stronger than expected, it will further strengthen the Fed's position of maintaining high interest rates, thereby supporting the US dollar, which may put some pressure on gold in the short term. However, from the long-term trend, the market's concerns about global economic uncertainty still exist, and the safe-haven demand for gold may continue. In the short term, the performance of gold prices around $2,900 will be the key to market attention. If it can effectively break through, the current round of gains may continue.
Why does gold continue to rise?
The recent strong breakthrough of gold is mainly related to macro and geopolitical risk aversion factors, mainly three pricing factors: the potential inflation rebound pressure in the United States, the increased expectations of interest rate cuts under the neutral statement of the Federal Reserve, and the increase in gold holdings by global central banks. Under the combination of these three variables, the price of gold continues to remain strong.
1. Geopolitical conflict: The Sino-US tariff war has re-emerged, and risk aversion has soared!
Geopolitical conflicts have escalated, the Sino-US tariff war has restarted, and risk aversion has soared. The saying "buy gold in troubled times" has reappeared, and investors have turned to gold for risk aversion, and gold prices have soared in the short term. At the beginning of 2025, the United States imposed tariffs on Chinese and Canadian goods, and China retaliated. Trade frictions exacerbated global economic uncertainty. Gold became a "safe haven" for funds, and the surge in demand pushed up gold prices.
2. The Fed cut interest rates: the cost of holding gold is reduced!
The Fed is expected to cut interest rates, reducing the cost of holding gold. History shows that gold prices perform well during interest rate cut cycles.
At the same time, interest rate cuts are usually accompanied by an increase in money supply, which may lead to rising prices and trigger inflation. Gold has anti-inflation properties. Under inflation expectations, its investment value will be further highlighted, thereby driving up gold prices.
3. Global central banks are buying gold crazily, with an annual demand of nearly 5,000 tons!
Data from the World Gold Council shows that in 2024, global central banks are snapping up gold at a record pace: purchases have exceeded 1,000 tons for three consecutive years, and accelerated to 333 tons in the fourth quarter, with an annual total demand of 4,974 tons. The central bank's demand for gold seems to be "endless."
Technical analysis of gold: Today, Monday, gold has once again hit a record high. As of now, gold has reached above the 2906 mark. Gold is currently maintaining a strong oscillating trend in the daily trend. The daily K-line continues to run along the short-term moving average, and the price shows signs of gradually moving out of the high-level oscillation range. There is no sign of peaking in the daily trend for the time being. Today, it is extremely strong in a cyclical rise. In this kind of time-based transaction, price is not the key, the key is time. At the same time, this rise is completely a forced shorting pattern, which is easy to rise but difficult to fall. Don't consider the idea of shorting. In addition, at this rhythm, even if the longs open low in the morning, there is not much risk of retracement. Continue to look at the second rise.
On the 4-hour trend of gold, the price has come out of the previous high and volatile range. In the European and American market, we will pay attention to whether there is a second upward trend after the confirmation of the retracement. In the short-term trend, we will pay attention to the support around 2890 below. On the hourly level, the K-line basically maintains an upward trend along the short-term moving average, and there is basically no pushback during the day. If you want to go short in the short term, you must at least wait until there are signs of short-term peaking in the small-level cycle trend, and pay attention to short-term adjustments. Taken together, today's short-term operation of gold is based on a team of professional and senior gold analysts who recommend mainly buying on pullbacks, supplemented by shorting on rebounds. The upper short-term focus is on the 2920-2925 first-line resistance, and the lower short-term focus is on the 2890-2885 first-line support.
Today’s gold trading strategy:
Operation suggestion 1: Go long when gold pulls back around 2887-85, with a loss of 2878, and the target is 2900. Continue to hold the breakthrough position, and look for 2920!
Operation suggestion 2: Try to short gold at 2908-2910 (one-fifth of funds enter the market). If gold breaks through 2920, cover one-fifth of the position, stop loss at 2925, target 2900-2890, continue to hold if it breaks