For once in a rare change, gold futures have actually held onto a gain achieved the previous day. Although they made no upside headway on Thursday, it was something of an achievement for them to have merely stayed aloft. The bullish abc pattern shown has a clear-as-can-be rally target at 1186.70 that has been confirmed by the stall precisely at 1172.70, the ‘p’ midpoint pivot. As always, an easy move through p would imply more upside to D, at least. If bulls are revved up and ready to blast off, they should be able to surpass 1186.70 today without much trouble.