• Recent low of $1,238.30 in gold marks critical support, with expectations for higher prices.
  • Both daily and weekly geometric chart analysis supports a bullish view.
  • First major target is around $1,358.50.
  • This possibility has long-term bullish implications from monthly geometric analysis, where the market is at a critical decision point.

    Gold (XAU/USD) made a potentially important low of $1,238.30 last Tuesday, December 12. By employing a cumulative average (black, offset +1 day) from the major low of $1,124.30 of December 2016, and then squaring the highs at A & B with this average (by forming 90o angles with blue vertical and horizontal lines), two of the recent swing lows are revealed to be almost identical (blue arrows).

    Gold Daily-Dec18_2017-v1.png

     

    If this relationship holds, an eventual high above B ($1,358.50) can be expected.

    The following daily geometric analysis also agrees. A vector concentric circle has been drawn on the chart. Both the resulting circle’s left time point and bottom price level yield preceding lows at A & B. Therefore, the current markets bounce from circular support, and also from a harmonically matching triangular point (lighter green triangle), make a sound statement for the likelihood of higher prices for gold:

    Gold Daily-Dec18_2017-v2.png

    A preceding downtrend (marked L-H) is set at 60o (2/3 of 90o) forming a ‘60/30’ triangle (the angle of the high is 30o).

    Therefore, we are bullish short-term on gold to at least the $1,360 area (making a higher high), with January 9, 2018 as a potential reversal day. At the same time there are some long-term bullish implications from this analysis.

    The following monthly chart utilizes one of my applications of sine waves: in this case, the analysis is based on a ‘pure curve’ of $1,000 over 100 months (labeled ‘1’, solid black), stemming from the major low of $255.80 in April 2001:

    Gold Mthly-Dec18_2017-v3.png

     

    Several dynamics are present in this sine wave analysis that point to a potential launch for gold: