Gold has had a very Bullish Momentum, and now the story seems to be over before the next leg of upside, if there is for next 1 year.
Technical Reasons for being Bearish :
1) Very High RSI on Daily Chart with a Deviation
2) Elliot Wave 5 is finished, and Sub-waves A & B are also finished.. Now Wave C is next, and that will be sharp downside.
3) Triple Top and Crown formation (But range bound), and a bigger fall is expected.
Economic Reasons
1) China the major factor for such Bullish run, has stopped buying gold from past 2 months, and after that this sideways crown is being observed
2) Powell (FoMC Chairman) spoke at Economic symposium yesterday on 15th July, and wasn't very Dovish on Rate Cuts.. He said 2 Quarters of In-line data is promising but need more such data to be really sure. If rate cuts are done in haste, then there would be Double Peak Inflation, with even bigger peak then this time. Feds know it and will be very cautious.
Fundamental Reasons
1) With US elections in 4 months, the interest in Bullion will shift to Bitcoin and Crypto, as they generally run for obvious reasons during Elections.
2) When whole world believes and there is news circulating everywhere that Rate cuts will let Bullion : Gold and Silver fly, but when it's put in news as Fact and everyone is buying, question is who is selling? Or who would sell : Retailers?
Past View : Around June 30 - July 1 : I gave successful view of Gold touching 2360, 2400, 2460, and it's touched those targets. XAUUSD was hovering around 2320 around that time, and everyone was in view that Gold will come down to 2280.