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Gold is up by nearly 3% to start the new year
A lot of the buying tends to be correlated to demand ahead of the Lunar New Year, which begins next week, so the argument for that grows less strong from now. That said, there’s also a case that the buying extends into February as seasonal patterns indicate that gold has ended February on a positive note for 10 out of the last 15 years. For the case of January, it is 11 out of 15 so February isn’t exactly a bad month either for bullion.
Nonetheless, even without seasonal support, gold has a lot going for it at the moment.
Aside from that, gold also moved above the pivotal $1,300 handle and climbed above the June highs posted around May and June last year as buyers continue to show more conviction to the upside. Price is looking to secure a firm break above the 76.4 retracement level @ $1,316.88 now and if buyers manage to hold above minor resistance @ $1,326 I reckon the upside in gold still has some decent momentum going for it towards the highs seen in April last year.