Thoughts on Gold's Recent Range and the $2300 Mark

Been watching gold closely over the last few sessions, and it seems to be really struggling to get any decisive momentum past the $2300 level. It's not a hard ceiling by any means, but every time it touches or tries to punch through, it just seems to fall back into that $2280-$2300 range. I'm seeing a bit of a coil here, perhaps a flag forming on the daily, but it's pretty subtle.

My take is that if we can get a sustained close above $2305, it could trigger a move higher, potentially towards $2320-2330. The risk that invalidates this view, for me, would be a strong close below $2275. If that happens, it probably signals a deeper pullback, maybe testing the $2260 area. Just my two cents, always could be wrong.