Well defined range on gold

Gold has formed a very good horizontal channel as shown on the daily chart, with the 1250.00 level as support and the 1269 level as resistance. Range trading could be tricky since the price could break out in any direction in any moment. That is why the most conservative option is to wait for the breakout and then the pullback to enter in the direction of the original breakout. Below the 1250 level, its next support is still the 1200.00 level. Above the 1269 level where we can see the 200 day exponential moving average, its next resistance could be the 1300.00 level, especially when the 55 day EMA is right at that level now. The retracement on the Dollar has a lot to do with the rally on gold, but we need a really good reason for the precious metal to break above the 1269 level.