XAU/USD Hits Fresh Multi-Month Highs Ahead of Pivotal December Fed Meeting

Summary:

Gold extends its powerful 2024 rally, climbing to multi-month highs as safe-haven demand strengthens and markets prepare for a widely expected December Fed rate cut. Technical momentum remains firmly bullish despite stretched indicators.

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4244.32

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4380.00

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4150.00

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Gold began the new month on a robust footing, continuing a rally that has already positioned 2024 as one of the most extraordinary years in the metal’s modern history. XAU/USD advanced to its strongest level since October 21, lifted by a combination of risk-off sentiment and increasingly confident expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at its December 9–10 policy meeting. At the time of writing, the metal trades around $4,260, marking a nearly 60% gain for the year and leaving it on track for its most impressive annual performance since 1979.

The surge reflects a convergence of powerful forces. Central banks have remained consistent net buyers, ETF inflows are accelerating, and geopolitical tensions show no signs of easing, reinforcing gold’s haven status. Markets, meanwhile, are firmly leaning into the idea that the Fed is prepared to loosen policy again next week. Softer US economic data and a notably dovish tone from policymakers have pushed rate-cut expectations to an 87% probability of a 25-basis-point reduction. For gold, the implications are straightforward: lower interest rates depress real yields and reduce the opportunity cost of holding a non-yielding asset, providing a strong macro backdrop that continues to feed the bid.

The macroeconomic narrative contributing to gold’s climb has only strengthened. US data last week signaled a cooling trend across multiple sectors, from consumer spending to manufacturing and labor markets. While the economy is far from contraction territory, the deceleration offers the Fed a comfortable excuse to proceed with additional easing. Risk sentiment has also deteriorated globally, with equity markets wobbling, bond yields stabilizing at lower levels, and geopolitical risks—from Middle Eastern conflicts to US-China trade frictions—fueling caution among investors. In this environment, gold has reasserted itself as a defensive anchor for portfolios.

Technical Analysis

Technically, gold’s chart structure remains unequivocally bullish. The metal cleared the key resistance level at $4,225, validating the broader upward trend and maintaining its position along a supportive rising minor trendline. Relative strength indicators are pushing into overbought territory, which typically warns of slowing momentum or near-term exhaustion, yet the market has shown little willingness to reverse meaningfully. Buyers remain firmly in control, even if short-term pullbacks may develop as part of a healthy trend continuation.

The primary zone traders are watching on the downside sits between $4,246 and $4,242. This remains the preferred buy-side region should the market retreat, as a pullback into this area followed by a bullish reversal on lower timeframes would preserve structure and offer an attractive re-entry point. The first region of overhead friction appears near $4,262, where intraday supply has historically triggered brief reactions. A clean break above this level would likely sustain bullish continuation toward the upper extension zone.

The next key region sits between $4,286 and $4,290, an area where extension levels converge and liquidity typically pools. This is where many traders anticipate late buyers to be trapped, making it a natural target for profit-taking on longs and a potential area for short-term reactionary pullbacks. While not a reversal zone in a broader sense, it is a region where volatility tends to increase sharply.

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