- Market sentiment is 52% bullish
- 57% of pending orders in 1000-pip range are set to BUY Gold
- Minor US Fundamental releases
The yellow metal has broken the previously drawn pattern. However, it extended its gains during the end of Friday's trading session.
The Institute for Supply Management released lower-than-expected Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index data of 56.8 for the month of April.
"The trade tensions are impacting purchasing of steel and are causing suppliers to send letters of concern," a respondent from the construction industry said.
Minor US data releases
This weeks is likely to begin relatively calm for the currency exchange rate, as this session includes only minor fundamental events.
The Federal Open Market Committee member Bostic is schedule to speaks at 12:25 GMT later today.
XAU/USD new pattern reveals
The XAU/USD pair has broken the previously drawn descending pattern. However, during the first part of Monday's trading session, a new junior ascending channel has been revealed.
By the end of Friday's session, the price commodity has moved past a strong resistance cluster formed by the combination of the 55– and the 100– hour SMAs near the 1310.9 mark. Furthermore, after piercing the 38.20% Fibonacci retracement level, the pair began to decline.
This decline could be stopped either by the 100– hour SMA or the lower boundary of the newly ascending pattern.
Hourly Chart
As apparent on the daily chart, Gold has not surrendered its ranging motion. This medium-term pattern began late in December, 2017, and has since bounded the rate in the 1,360.00/1,312.00 territory.
The pair's movement last week marked a strong decline down to the 100-day SMA and the lower range boundary. It is likely that this range gets abandoned soon just to allow for a further fall down to the 200-day SMA and the 23.60% Fibonacci retracement near 1,300.00 this week.
Daily Chart
Swiss market sentiment remains bullish
SWFX market sentiment is bullish with 52% of traders holding long positions in this session. Meanwhile, pending commands are set to buy the metal in 57% of all cases.
OANDA traders remain strongly bullish, as 70% of open positions are long in this session. In addition, Saxo bank clients share the same sentiment with 67% long positions.