Gold is the ultimate currency, and I don’t see TPTB in a “winning mode” at all.
They like to “dunk” us gold bugs as if we are suspected of being witches. Look at the one month dunking we got in March. And back we are to a higher high.
http://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=METALS&p=d1
Now look at the nice extra big Dunking we got second half of 2016.
http://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=METALS&p=w1
Look how TPTB raised the Dollar (lower gold) during 2016, probably to inverse other currencies lower for THEIR turn for export stimulation.