Possible Head & Shoulders Top For Gold
Tommy Humphreys | Apr 25, 2015 11:32PM ET
Gold marginally broke below support on Friday, breaking down from a small H&S top pattern:
The breakdown from this pattern targets a test of the March lows ($1140-$1150). However, the “break” was not as clear or as powerful as we would usually like to see when chart patterns resolve.
$1180 has been a crucial level for gold ever since the yellow metal found support at this level in June 2013 and proceeded to rally $250+ over the next couple of months:
From my perch, last week’s drop and breakdown from the 4-week H&S pattern does nothing to resolve any of the longer term patterns. The following conditions still exist:
- A low below $1130 still has not been made and we still have a higher low in place ($1141.60)
- Since the initial “deadcat bounce” rally (June-August 2013) a series of lower highs remains intact which is indicative of a bearish consolidation pattern on the monthly time frame
Gold remains mired in a descending triangle within a thick volume-by-price band dating back to major support/resistance from 2009/2010.
To have resolution of these long term chart patterns we will either need to see a lower low below $1130 or a rally above the double-top resistance at $1307 – everything else is just noise within an already existing range.
Disclosure: First published at Energy and Gold.com .
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