Gold Outlook: Rally Slows Near $5000 as Bearish Signals Build

Gold is on track for its fourth week higher. Yet when you consider that it has taken longer to recoup less than half of its recent declines, I cannot help but wonder if gains could be limited from here – or a pullback is on the horizon.

 

 

Gold Futures (GC) Technical Analysis

Gold rally stalls below February low as momentum fades near $5000

We’ve not seen a record high for gold since late January, and it has since fallen by as much as -27%, briefly entering a technical bear market. However, after finding support at its 50-week EMA, gold bulls have staged an 18% rebound and are currently on track for a fourth consecutive weekly gain.

Even so, the recovery has been relatively slow—prices have yet to retrace half of the prior decline—and momentum appears to be fading. That should give bulls reason for caution, especially as gold grinds its way towards 5000. It’s also worth noting that this week’s high has so far stalled around the February low.

Source: COMEX, TradingView

 

 

 

Gold forms potential double top as momentum weakens near 5000

The daily chart shows a potential double top around the February low (4842), with Wednesday’s small bearish candle also stalling near the 50-day EMA. A mild bearish divergence is present on RSI (2), while RSI (14) is threatening to slip back below 50 to signal fading momentum.

While a break higher cannot be ruled out, I suspect we’re nearing a top—whether that forms around current levels or slightly higher towards the 5000 handle and the 5048 high-volume node (HVN).

Source: COMEX, TradingView

 

The 4-hour chart shows the potential double top is also forming near the weekly R1 pivot point. Prices have already dipped lower and are now resting around a cluster of moving averages, so a minor bounce may be due from current levels.

 

• I suspect bears may look to fade moves towards Wednesday’s high in anticipation of another leg lower towards the weekly pivot point at 4766. A break beneath that level brings weekly S1 and the 4600 low into focus.
• A break above the weekly R1 (4908) invalidates the near-term bearish bias and brings 5,000 into focus.
• I would then seek evidence of a swing high around 5,000, given the significance of that level as likely resistance.

 

Gold Futures (GC) Positioning | COT Report

Net-long exposure to gold futures fell for a second week among large speculators and a third among asset managers. Regardless, net-long positioning has been trending lower for some time, despite strong gains into the end of 2025.

What’s worth noting is that gross shorts among asset managers have been gradually increasing since December, and picked up again last week among large speculators. While the rise in shorts is hardly enough to turn sentiment outright bearish, it does align with the view that gold may be nearing an inflection point that could favour bears.

Source: CFTC (COT), COMES, LSEG

 

 

-- Written by Matt Simpson

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