A forceful hawkish reaction could drive gold through the nearest support before higher-timeframe buyers respond. This scenario is reserved for that extreme outcome. It is not an attempt to catch a falling market before the news impulse has finished.

The area is a D1 demand pocket positioned between the weekly supports at 4520 and 4450. It continues the morning contingency view and sits deeper within the discounted side of the weekly dealing range. Those are genuine higher-timeframe confluences, but execution still depends on an observable rebound after the upper H4 and D1 demand has been broken quickly. No response means no trade.

The setup is waiting for Warsh at 14:00 UTC. If a hawkish message pushes the US 10-year yield above 4.75% while DXY clears 99.6, price may be drawn toward this lower demand. The uncertainty is that news momentum could cut through it without forming a base. A loss of the 4450 weekly support followed by D1 acceptance below would invalidate the recovery thesis.

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