Recent events indicate a strong surge in gold prices, which have reached record highs due to heightened safe-haven demand and geopolitical tensions. Investment interest is significantly increasing, with gold being highlighted as a leading asset among precious metals. The outlook remains positive, featuring notable market rallies and discussions surrounding gold's performance amidst economic uncertainties. However, fluctuations and potential pullbacks are being noted, suggesting a mixed future for investors. The price action of Gold (GLD) asset class is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to asset-specific performance and market structure. The trend sentiment at -0.2 is modestly bearish. The market sentiment at 1.5 is very bullish. Trend sentiment measures the current trend of the stock price, and market sentiment reflects what market participants collectively think where the price will move next.There is no clear direction for GLD since trend sentiment and market sentiment are at the opposite directions. The positive sentiment force for sector is at 1.6, and the negative at -0.1 on 2025-12-30. The forces of Asset Sentiment (5.4), Option Sentiment (1), and Price Level Sentiment (0) will drive up the price. The forces of and Asset Price Trend (-0.2) will drive down the price. The sentiment for Asset Price Trend is calculated based on GLD trend. The sentiment for Option Speculation is calculated from put/call ratio. Price Level sentiment is positive when oversold, and negative when overbought. Asset Sentiment scores are extracted from headlines and market commentary. All sentiment scores are normalized on a -10 - +10 scale. The price level reaches 100 at Bollinger upper band, and zero at lower band.

GLD
Date	Attention	Price	Price Level	Change	SMA10 Trend	Trend Sentiment	Hourly Trend	Hourly StdDev	Market Sentiment	Action	P	Asset Sentiment	News Sentiment
2025-12-30	3%(2.1%)	398.9	56	0.07%	0.07%	-0.2	-0.2%	2%	1.6	Short	65%	5.4	4.8
2025-12-29	3%(2.1%)	398.61	56	-4.35%	0.1%	0.2	-0.15%	2%	1.7	Short	65%	5.6	-3.3
2025-12-28	0%(2.4%)					1.2	0.05%		1.8			6.7	0
2025-12-27	1%(2.7%)					1.2	0.05%		1.8			6.8	8
2025-12-26	4%(2.7%)	416.72	105	1.16%	0.57%	1.2	0.05%	0.6%	2.1	Wait	50%	7	5.3
2025-12-25	0%(2.4%)					0.8	0.05%		1.6			6.4	0
2025-12-24	4%(2.6%)	411.93	101	-0.39%	0.58%	0.8	0.05%	0.5%	1.7	Short	80%	5.7	4.7
2025-12-23	3%(2.1%)	413.56	115	1.3%	0.66%	1	0.17%	1.1%	1.6	Short	88%	5.3	6.6
2025-12-22	5%(1.9%)	408.24	112	2.31%	0.58%	0.8	0.12%	1%	1.3	Short	80%	4.4	6.5
2025-12-21	2%(1.4%)					0.5	0%		1.1			4.1	7.3
Short is the preferred trading strategy with 65% chance of being right. Weak trend sentiment and negative hourly trend. Wait action is recommended in three scenarios with either high uncertainty or high risk: 1. The trend sentiment and market sentiment are at the opposite directions. 2. Both trend sentiment and market sentiment are positive, but the price level is elevated. 3. Both trend sentiment and market sentiment are negative, but the price level is depressed. In an uptrend, as an investor, you may want to wait for the pullback to open long position. In a downtrend, the price will likely rebound after huge decline. As an investor, you may want to wait for the rebound to exit long position.
Market sentiment will accelerate the current trend when both trend sentiment and market sentiment are at the same direction. Market sentiment will generate volatility when it's at the opposite direction of the trend sentiment. News sentiment measures the daily emotion of the market. News sentiment may impact the daily price change while market sentiment is a more stable and consistent moving force.