Gold has traded sharply higher this week reinforcing the current short-term bull cycle. The rally has resulted in a break of the 20-day EMA. Note that the yellow metal has cleared a trendline resistance drawn from the Mar 8 high. The trendline intersects at $1695.2. Sights are on $1735.1, the Sep 12 high and a key short-term resistance. Initial support is at $1695.2, the former trendline resistance-now-support.