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GLD - Week of July 20th See levels and key areas for this week: After you click the link, click “Grab this Chart” at the bottom/right of the chart or Load Live Bars on far middle-right. “Grab this Chart” opens a copy of the chart environment, but it doesn’t automatically save as a permanent layout in your dashboard. Once the chart opens, you need to manually save it as your own layout by clicking the cloud/save icon at the top of TradingView , “Save As”, name the layout. After that it will show up in your saved layouts/dashboard going forward.

GLD - Week of July 13th See levels and key areas for this week: After you click the link, click “Grab this Chart” at the bottom/right of the chart or Load Live Bars on far middle-right. “Grab this Chart” opens a copy of the chart environment, but it doesn’t automatically save as a permanent layout in your dashboard. Once the chart opens, you need to manually save it as your own layout by clicking the cloud/save icon at the top of TradingView , “Save As”, name the layout. After that it will show up in your saved layouts/dashboard going forward.

GLD - Week of July 6th See levels and key areas for this week: After you click the link, click “Grab this Chart” at the bottom/right of the chart or Load Live Bars on far middle-right. “Grab this Chart” opens a copy of the chart environment, but it doesn’t automatically save as a permanent layout in your dashboard. Once the chart opens, you need to manually save it as your own layout by clicking the cloud/save icon at the top of TradingView , “Save As”, name the layout. After that it will show up in your saved layouts/dashboard going forward.

GLD... B wave set up Looks to me like B wave set up , to November then down for a c-wave

by wolffarchitecture

Is Gold's Rally Dead, or Coiled for $7,000?Gold's rally is not dead, but it has cooled sharply. After peaking near $5,589 in late January 2026, the metal corrected about 25% and now trades around $4,200 to $4,500, a slide that included its worst month since 2013. The cause is cyclical rather than structural. A hawkish Federal Reserve has signaled no rate cuts in 2026, and possibly hikes if energy-driven inflation persists, while elevated real yields raise the opportunity cost of holding a non-yielding asset. A firmer dollar and a retreat in ETF and speculative demand have added to the pressure. Yet the floor under gold has rarely been firmer, which is why this looks like consolidation rather than collapse. Central banks have become the dominant, price-insensitive buyers, purchasing more than 1,000 tonnes a year from 2022 through 2024 and 863 tonnes in 2025, roughly double the pre-2022 norm. They buy as policy, not as a trade, and they do not sell on weak days. Combined with accelerating de-dollarization, with BRICS nations now holding 17.4% of global reserves and gold overtaking the euro as the second-largest reserve asset, plus US debt above $36 trillion, that demand has turned the $4,300 to $4,500 zone into structural support rather than a ceiling. That tension defines the price debate. The mainstream base case for end-2026 clusters between roughly $4,900 and $6,300, with Goldman Sachs near $4,900, UBS at $5,500, and J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo around $6,000 to $6,300. The $7,000 headline is a real forecast, but a conditional one. UBS sees $7,200 only if geopolitical risks escalate materially, and Bank of America's $8,000 is a 2027 bull case. Reaching $7,000 requires a fresh catalyst, renewed Fed easing, a geopolitical shock, or a return of ETF inflows, not merely the structural bid already in place. The honest read is that the rally is neither dead nor charging to $7,000 today. It is consolidating, pinned between a cyclical ceiling and a structural floor, waiting for a catalyst to break the deadlock. The asymmetry is what matters for investors. The downside looks limited because price-insensitive central banks keep absorbing dips, while the upside to $7,000 depends on the Fed pivoting or geopolitics re-escalating. The signals to watch are real yields, the Fed's path, ETF flows, and the resolution of the Iran conflict. Until one of those turns, gold grinds sideways on a firm floor, a coiled spring rather than a dead rally.

by TradeThePool

GLD Week of June 29 See levels and key areas for this week: After you click the link, click “Grab this Chart” at the bottom/right of the chart or Load Live Bars on far middle-right. “Grab this Chart” opens a copy of the chart environment, but it doesn’t automatically save as a permanent layout in your dashboard. Once the chart opens, you need to manually save it as your own layout by clicking the cloud/save icon at the top of TradingView , “Save As”, name the layout. After that it will show up in your saved layouts/dashboard going forward.

A strong black candle on GLD will clear up the clouds To absolutely sure that gold is going to be plunging from here, i am gonna need a STRONG black to close on my 1W timeframe:)

by happyrajofficial

GOLD GLD JUN - 2026 GLD has broken its primary uptrend and is now testing one of the most important institutional distribution zones around $401. Key levels to monitor: Major Distribution: $509 (7B Sold) Resistance: $450 Institutional Distribution: $401 (4.6B Sold) Gap Zones: $400 and $430 Major Support: $350-$340 Institutional Orders: $300-$280 The $401 level has become the key pivot. A recovery above this zone could trigger a move toward the $430 gap and eventually the $450 resistance. Failure to reclaim $401 increases the probability of a deeper correction into the $350-$340 institutional support zone. This analysis is based on institutional market structure, volume, liquidity, and support/resistance—not financial advice.

GLD Week of June 22nd See levels and key areas for this week: After you click the link, click “Grab this Chart” at the bottom/right of the chart or Load Live Bars on far middle-right. “Grab this Chart” opens a copy of the chart environment, but it doesn’t automatically save as a permanent layout in your dashboard. Once the chart opens, you need to manually save it as your own layout by clicking the cloud/save icon at the top of TradingView , “Save As”, name the layout. After that it will show up in your saved layouts/dashboard going forward.

Heading to 300?This could very well be crashing to 300 with in 6-12 months. It would be a great buying opportunity then at 300.

GLD Week of June 15 See levels and key areas for this week: After you click the link, click “Grab this Chart” at the bottom/right of the chart or Load Live Bars on far middle-right. “Grab this Chart” opens a copy of the chart environment, but it doesn’t automatically save as a permanent layout in your dashboard. Once the chart opens, you need to manually save it as your own layout by clicking the cloud/save icon at the top of TradingView , “Save As”, name the layout. After that it will show up in your saved layouts/dashboard going forward.

GLD Week of June 8 See levels and key areas for this week: After you click the link, click “Grab this Chart” at the bottom/right of the chart or Load Live Bars on far middle-right. “Grab this Chart” opens a copy of the chart environment, but it doesn’t automatically save as a permanent layout in your dashboard. Once the chart opens, you need to manually save it as your own layout by clicking the cloud/save icon at the top of TradingView , “Save As”, name the layout. After that it will show up in your saved layouts/dashboard going forward.

GLD Weekly Retesting Gap Fill GLD consolidating at the retest of the weekly gap fill.

by primerano40x

Mean Reversion Trade: GLD 1. RSI in oversold region 2. Price likely to rebound back to the mean Trade Rules: Entry Trigger - RSI has cross below oversold region Exit Trigger - Close price cross above exit trigger (Red Line) Enter long at market

GLD lows for rest of year??I dowse for my information on stocks. Meaning, swinging a pendulum over possibilities & let it show me. I also have an app that flagged it yesterday in an unusual way. Additionally, yesterday was a date to be aware of in GLD for a buy, but my level was 402 (from a reading back on 5/4. A new reading yesterday had heavy energy, so I knew we would probably hit it this morning, but the target shifted upward to 405. It's totally possible they go lower & hit the 402, but regardless, I get that gold & silver are going to have a really nice move up. I'll do an idea for SLV as well. I did ask for timing to hit the target, though I don't totally trust it, but it gave December this year. (extra bonus synchronicity, David Bowie Golden Years came on!)

GLD Daily — Buyers Still Have Work To Do AMEX:GLD is bouncing, but I’m not treating this as bullish control yet. This chart has one main message: Buyers are not in full control until they remove the bearish sequence. Right now, price is pressing back into the sellers’ reload zone. That matters because this is the exact area where weak bullish bounces usually get tested. A bounce into resistance is not strength by itself. It only becomes strength when price breaks the structure that is keeping the bearish idea alive. For me, the key level is simple: The bearish sequence invalidation point. Until AMEX:GLD breaks that point, the lower bearish target remains part of the map. That does not mean price must collapse. It means the chart has not earned a clean bullish reading yet. What I’m watching: If sellers defend this reload zone, the bearish target below becomes the next logical draw. If buyers break through the invalidation point, then the bearish sequence loses authority and the chart needs to be reassessed from a bullish continuation perspective. The lower buyer reload area is also important. If price reaches it, I would not treat it as random weakness. I would treat it as a major reaction zone where longer-term buyers may step back in. So the chart is not about guessing gold. It is about pressure. Sellers are defending from the reload zone. Buyers need to prove they can break the invalidation point. Until that happens, I’m not giving the bounce more credit than it deserves. Not financial advice.

Is Gold waking up again?Again, indicators are starting to show bullish signals on gold. Nothing confirmed yet, but signals are there so I’ll try to front-run the gold comeback. Note: if I don’t see confirmation will close the trade around $125. Remember I can’t show my indicators since they are private and TradingView won’t let me publish the trade idea with them on chart. Cheers

GLD - crazy gold bugs GLD - crazy gold bugs im mulling this one over. difficult to tell which option that momentum falls into. looks to me like im gonna take some leapy low cost high return CALL options on this. basically betting on the insanity of humans and this FOURTH TURNING> /gl

by Crypto-Quantum-Fox

Gld Monthly candle was a huge bearish engulfing. Rejected here at weekly trendline resistance And Daily and weekly 20SMA I think Gold has a rough week next week to satisfy that monthly candle here Stop loss above 438 (Weekly 20sma) 1st tgt 420

by ContraryTrader

good entry $299 or lower!AS EVERY CYCLE gold Corrects... 30-40% from its top. not a crazy dip for an asset that increased x2 in few years

GLD - Almost to the target box Price is on the verge of entering my target box for intermediate wave (A). I have drawn some new fibs (yellow) to track the minor C wave lower and refine our target area. As you can see, the 2.0 extension fib falls within the expected target area. I have also added on the 2.382 & 2.618 in the event that this thing wants to extend lower. I imagine that wave (iv) will complete within a week or two. After which price should continue heading lower to complete (A). Judging by the rest of the pattern, I would say (A) looks like it will likely complete in the next 2-4 weeks. Sound familiar? I think many tickers will be bottoming from now until then at which point the broader market will have a decent move higher. Time will tell, but I like what I am seeing in regard to GLD.

GLD breaks out from compression with big tailwind GLD has clearly broken out of its compression triangle, and the breakout is structurally significant. In the current geopolitical environment (Iran narrative), gold may act as a safe-haven asset, attracting defensive capital flows. Macro Context During periods of geopolitical uncertainty: - Risk appetite contracts. - Defensive positioning increases. - Gold often benefits from capital rotation. This can amplify volatility and directional continuation. Structural Shift Several important technical elements: - Price closed well above Friday’s open. - It is trading far from Thursday’s close. - Post-market continuation confirms momentum. Additionally: - Price has left behind the 50% Fibonacci retracement (Golden Zone) of the January 28 swing low. - Previous resistance is now acting as support. That is a clear structural transition. Liquidity & Imbalances - There are multiple FVGs around 493 that could be mitigated. - Liquidity is resting near 500.79. - A bullish FVG was left around 479. That lower imbalance suggests underlying demand. Forward Outlook This week, price may: 1. Confirm Friday’s open as support and continue higher. 2. Or expand directly toward resting liquidity. As long as structure holds, bias remains bullish. Final Thought GLD may present: - A swing opportunity this week. - Or an intraday continuation setup Monday. The key is watching how price behaves at the open. Remember we focus on reaction not in prediction.

Is the doji in GLD today real or data fluke? The doji today (the range) does not look real? how can one verify this is state of fluke or real data?