Gold slammed on taper fears, technicals point to more declines

Gold is down $22 to $1285/oz after an upbeat non-farm payrolls report pointed to the chance of a taper in December.

Technically, the decline breaks the 61.8% retracement of the late-October rally. The next layer of support is the trendline at $1268 followed by the October low of $1251.

Gold daily chart technical analysis Nov 8

Gold daily

The ECB rate cut decision was good news for gold yesterday but it was unable to rally. Now, a Fed taper is beginning ot look more likely. Aside from potential bounces on oversold conditions, I don’t see a reason to buy gold or cover shorts until the October lows.

I’m short myself and I have been for a few weeks.

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