XAUUSD - Not quite the golden breakout yet, is it?

Been watching $XAUUSD with a hawk's eye, and while the sentiment feels bullish across the board, that 2075-2080 level is proving to be a stubborn brick wall. We’ve bumped our head there a few times now, and each rejection, even a small one, adds a bit more credence to it as a resistance zone. My eyes are on whether we can actually get a convincing daily close above 2080 – not just a spike. Without that, I'm thinking we're still ranging, perhaps looking at a retest of the 2030-2040 area. The risk here, for any immediate bullish thesis, is a solid break below 2030. That would invalidate the current higher-low structure we've been building and likely send us looking for support closer to 2000. It's always fun watching gold, the ultimate drama queen of the markets.