At the moment, the bullion is sitting at its 50-hour SMA that is preventing a retreat towards the neck-line at 1,284.35. If gold plunges below the short-term SMA, it will face a support zone at 1,287.33/5.08 (four-hour S2, S3; daily S1) that is the last defence for a drop to the neckline, below which an accelerating decline is likely to be in place.