Analysis of gold news: On Friday (January 31), international gold prices hit a record high, breaking through $2,800/ounce, as market risk aversion heated up and investors poured into the gold market to deal with the tariff threats reiterated by US President Donald Trump. The highest intraday price reached $2,817.09/ounce. Gold prices have risen by more than 6% this month and 1% this week. U.S. Treasury yields rose slightly on Friday as investors took positions before the release of important economic data such as personal consumption expenditures (PCE), personal spending and employment costs. The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged at 4.25%-4.50% at its first interest rate meeting this year, citing inflation risks despite political pressure to cut interest rates. Powell said the central bank needs to see "real progress in inflation or some weakness in the labor market" before considering adjustments. Gold remains a strong hedging tool due to lingering policy uncertainty. At present, the gold market is prone to rise and difficult to fall in the short term. However, Powell's hawkish remarks on interest rates have prevented gold from getting a strong boost at the fundamental level. As for the future trend of gold, it still needs the guidance of key data. The non-farm data to be released next Friday is undoubtedly an important turning point.
Technical analysis of gold: From a technical perspective, the pressure on gold prices at $2,785 is actually a normal reaction to the historical high of $2,790. The suppression of historical highs is usually not easily broken. It is a normal market performance for prices to fall and be under pressure after reaching this key position. But this pressure is only short-term. After a short period of retracement and energy accumulation, gold prices will inevitably break through this suppression level. The previous price fell back to $2,733 and then bottomed out and rebounded, as well as the bottoming out and rebound at $2,744, fully proved that the bottom support of gold prices is strong, the correction adjustment has been completed, and the upward trend can continue.
Gold broke through the historical high, and the high-level narrow fluctuation of gold accumulated momentum without a big decline, indicating that the gold bulls are still strong, and gold continues to set new highs. Gold is strong and unstoppable. After the breakthrough of gold, 2790 has begun to form a strong support. Gold fell back to 2790 and continued to buy on dips. Since gold broke through the historical high, the gold bulls will go to a higher level, and the decline of gold is to continue to give more opportunities. On the whole, our senior professional gold analyst team recommends that the short-term operation of gold next week should focus on callbacks and shorts on rebounds. The short-term focus on the resistance of 2812-2817 is on the upper side, and the short-term focus on the support of 2785-2780 is on the lower side.
Regarding gold’s short-term operation ideas next week, our team of senior professional gold analysts recommends:
Gold operation strategy:
1. If gold falls back on the 2788-2790 line, go long with light positions, and if it falls back on the 2780-85 line, cover long positions, stop loss at 2771, and target the 2798-2800 line; continue to hold if the position is broken! You must strictly manage your positions according to your own situation
2: Short gold near 2820-2825 when it rebounds, stop loss at 2830, target near 2805-2800, and look at 2790 if it breaks;