- Fundamental analysis:
Gold lost another $30 on Friday, bringing the total weekly loss to nearly $80, marking gold's biggest weekly loss in nearly a year.
Fed officials last week maintained a hawkish stance, arguing that keeping interest rates high for an extended period of time is necessary to bring inflation below 2%. Recent US economic data was also better than expected, adding pressure to Gold
Today we have the US ISM Manufacturing PMI data for September, due out at 9:00 p.m. In addition, Fed Chairman Powell's speech at 10:00 p.m. may provide clues about the possibility of an interest rate increase. These are all events that can cause Gold prices to fluctuate strongly
- Technical analysis:
The sellers completely control the current market with fast, strong and decisive declines.
Currently the buyer presence is very weak, buying a boatload of boats would be very risky