{"id":438029,"date":"2026-09-14T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/gold-price-risks-deeper-drop-on-break-below-4300-ahead-of-fed-decision-438029\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T18:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:00:16","slug":"gold-price-risks-deeper-drop-on-break-below-4300-ahead-of-fed-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/gold-price-risks-deeper-drop-on-break-below-4300-ahead-of-fed-decision-438029\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold price risks deeper drop on break below $4,300 ahead of Fed decision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gold is under pressure to start the new week, and this time the technical picture is beginning to look rather uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

Prices have slipped back below $4,300 as traders position ahead of the Fed decision, with a stronger dollar and elevated Treasury yields continuing to weigh on bullion. The dollar has risen to a two-week high, while markets are now pricing close to a 90% chance of a 25 bps rate hike by the Fed this week.<\/p>\n

While the fundamental backdrop is relatively straightforward, the more interesting\u00a0story today for gold is arguably on the charts.<\/p>\n

The precious metal is now\u00a0threatening to break through a cluster of technical support levels that have been holding the downside together.<\/p>\n

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The first being the 100-day moving average (red line) at around $4,331, followed almost immediately by the 50.0 Fib retracement level of the swing higher from July to August at around $4,328.<\/p>\n

Those two levels are effectively layered on top of each other, so losing them already weakens the technical setup considerably for gold.<\/p>\n

But the bigger line in the sand is arguably the one just underneath all of that.<\/p>\n

The price action since August has also carved out what looks like a head-and-shoulders formation, with the neckline sitting roughly around the $4,290 to $4,310 region. A sustained break below that zone would give the current decline a more meaningful technical signal rather than simply another dip within the broader range.<\/p>\n

That would bring the 61.8 Fib retracement level near $4,241 into view next, but one can argue that the the technical momentum from such a break could lead to a drop near $4,000 next.<\/p>\n

That being said, timing matters. For now, the $4,290 to $4,310 region is the line to watch. A sustained break would turn what has so far been a controlled pullback into a more meaningful technical deterioration.<\/p>\n

The caveat is Fed decision on Wednesday. With markets pricing close to a 90% chance of a 25 bps rate hike, gold\u2019s next move will depend heavily on whether the Fed validates those expectations or delivers a surprise in its guidance.<\/p>\n

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This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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