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Gold is oscillating just north of the intraday pivot, testing the market’s resolve ahead of two powerful time signatures—the 30-day trading rhythm and the 360-day Gann cycle. The 30-day rhythm has been right-translated this month: momentum pushes have carried farther than pullbacks, with buyers repeatedly defending the 3711–3698 buy band and forcing price back toward the 3726/3727 ceiling (VC PMI Daily/Weekly Sell-1). As long as the tape holds 3711, the path of least resistance remains a grind higher inside this compression, with quick mean-reversion tags into 3698 when momentum briefly slips.
Into late September, we enter the 360-day cycle window (around September 28). When price is rising into this window, the risk increases for an inverted cycle—a scenario where the market prints a high near the time the model would typically anticipate a low. Practically, that means acceptance above 3726/3727 before the window opens could extend a terminal push toward the next resistance harmonics; failure there warns that a routine reversion to the weekly mean ~3674 (and, if emotion spikes, the prior swing 3651–3634 zone) is still on the table before the larger trend resumes.
The Square of 9 refines these levels. Anchoring from 3634 (recent Buy-1 Weekly), a 90° rotation projects 3699–3705, which already acted as a mid-range fulcrum. The 120°/135° steps cluster at 3724–3732 and 3748–3756, aligning closely with VC PMI Daily 3726, Sell-1 Weekly 3727, the prior 3739.9 high, and Sell-2 Daily 3754. A full 180° opposition fans out near 3778–3784—a stretch target if momentum squeezes through 3754 during the cycle window. On the downside, a 45° retrace from the anchor marks 3670–3676, bracketing the VC PMI Weekly ~3674 magnet and defining the line between orderly pullback and trend fatigue.
Tactically, I’m treating 3726/27 as the decision gate. Sustained trade above turns the compression into expansion, targeting 3739 → 3754 → 3778/84. Slips below 3711 invite a fast check of 3698; failure there hands control to the mean at 3674, where buyers need to reassert for the cyclical bull case. With the 30-day rhythm still constructive and the 360-day window approaching, respect the pivots, fade extremes back to the means, and let the Square-of-9 harmonics frame the take-profit ladders.
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