Law 101 Meets Psych 101

Lawyers and Psychologists Steve Saville has a post out called Don't Think Like a Lawyer. In the post he notes the following... "The job of a judge or juror is…

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Short Silver Because…

I took a short on silver on the big pop this morning because a) the implications of weak CPI and Retail sales favor gold over silver, but silver popped harder…

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Gold on the Other Hand…

Just a simple view of the GLD daily chart.  If the party in stocks continues aggressively, this is likely to fail the support at the convergence of the moving averages…

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Silver Giving Way?

It is my only short position now, having taken losses on a couple market shorts (partially hedging longs) and a gain on crude oil (just because I was straight out…

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Puts on Silver (SLV)

I don't often short the precious metals other than for hedging purposes, but this time I am taking a kick at the can and buying puts against SLV, just because…

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SIL-SLV & GDX-GLD Do Not Inspire

Silver miners vs. the metal they dig out of the ground are not doing well at all. Gold miners vs. the metal they dig out of the ground have a…

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Gold and Silver Stopped At Key Resistance

We have been noting a break in the equivalent resistance in the miner indexes and ETFs, but gold and silver came close, caught a whiff of the cigar, but then…

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Gold and Silver at Resistance

Everybody knows gold had resistance at the nice, round 1200 number.  It got through there yesterday, but can still be considered at resistance defined by the spring lows.  At the…

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GDX Pre-Trump Jitters; 60 Min. Chart

Here is another 'day trader' chart (hourly) of GDX showing the lower (Jan. 5) gap being filled (ref. Jan. 9 post using a 5 min. chart).  So that gap is…

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GDX: Almost Too Perfect

We have been noting that it is a bounce within a downtrend for the precious metals.  In subscriber updates I've gone into detail on the parameters, and publicly we noted…

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