Gold sunk further yesterday. The market opened at 1746. The price first touched the day-high at 1749 in the early Asian session, and the selling began. It went to day-low 1727 at the US session opening, with the day ending at 1735.

The price failed to defend the 1750 and 1740 support on the 1-hour chart, the downtrend channel(1) is still dominating the S-T trend for now. A decent rebound will only begin if the price escapes the downtrend channel(2). The price is now supporting at 1730; before the next break, expect the price to trade within 1730-50(3).

Gold touched the 38.2% retracement yesterday near 1728(5). After it cleared the support of 1750-55, the price touched the next downside support zone, 1730-40(4). If the price closes above 1735, the price should be able to reach 1750-55 in the next 24-48 hours.

S-T Resistances:

1750-55

1745
1740

Market price: 1736

S-T Supports:

1730-27

1720
1710

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