Technical Outlook: In last month's Weekly Gold Price Forecast, we noted that XAU/USD has "consolidated just above the 75% parallel over the past month... For now, the immediate focus is on breaking 2300-2333 range break - losses should be limited to the median so that October's uptrend remains viable with a close above 2431 needed to mark a continuation of the uptrend." The consolidation pattern broke higher the following week with gold prices soaring more than 8.6% from June lows.
Weekly support lies at the target monthly open/highest weekly close for May (HWC) at 2326/33 and is backed by a more significant technical hold at 2278/93 - one area defined by the 23.6% retracement of the broader 2022 advance and the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of the 2024 annual range. A broken/closed window below this pivot zone would is needed to find a bullish market correction block rather than a return to the median line (currently ~2200).
The key resistance level remains at the record closing high/April High at 2415/31 and a weekly break/close above the upper latitude line (blue) would be needed to mark the continue the uptrend and complete the next big move in price. The next targets point to a 1.618% extension of the October bullish period at 2516 and a 1.618% extension of the 2022 bullish period at 2565.