However, increased market confidence or waning inflationary pressures pose the largest risks to gold’s strength, according to Bailn.

Other ETFs tracking gold prices include ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (NYSEArca: SGOL) and iShares Gold Trust (NYSEArca: IAU).

SPDR Gold Shares

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Full disclosure: Tom Lydon’s clients own GLD.

Max Chen contributed to this article.