The Wild Card Gold 31 Aug 2009

 

The Wild Card Gold 31 Aug 2009

Monday, 31 Aug 2009

Forex Traders Anticipate Heavy News Week

The dollar was slightly more volatile over the past week than usual, and the explanations for this have been getting trickier by the day. As for this week, forex traders are advised to take positions on trades, as a string of data releases coming out of U.S., Europe and Japan are likely to affect the greenback's main currency crosses.


The Wild Card

Gold

Gold prices rose significantly in the last week and peaked at $955.45 an ounce. However, the 4-hour chart's RSI is floating in the overbought territory suggesting that the recent upwards trend is losing steam and a bearish correction is impending. This might be a good opportunity for forex traders to enter the trend at a very early stage.

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