Technical Analysis: Gold price might continue to attract dip-buyers, $2,480 throwback holds the key for bullish traders

From a technical perspective, the range-bound price action witnessed since the beginning of this week could be categorized as a bullish consolidation phase before the next leg up. Moreover, oscillators on the daily chart are holding in positive territory and are still away from being in the overbought zone, validating the near-term constructive outlook. Hence, a move back towards retesting the all-time peak, around the $2,531-2,532 area touched on Tuesday, looks like a distinct possibility. Some follow-through buying will reaffirm be seen as a fresh trigger for bulls and pave the way for an extension of the recent well-established uptrend.

On the flip side, any meaningful pullback might continue to attract some buyers near the $2,500 round figure. This should help the downside for the Gold price near the $2,480 resistance breakpoint. A convincing break below the latter might prompt some technical selling and drag the XAU/USD towards the $2,455-2,453 horizontal support en route to the $2,430 region. The corrective slide could extend further towards the 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA), currently pegged near the $2,400 mark.