NFTRH Update; Gold, Silver & HUI
With the precious metals strong in pre-market, it is helpful to take a current snapshot of the daily technical situation for perspective.
With the precious metals strong in pre-market, it is helpful to take a current snapshot of the daily technical situation for perspective.
Well I am back already… :-) with a couple different views within the precious metals complex today. First, I added some Fib retrace lines to the 5 minute chart shown earlier. The 62% Fib off of the ‘take a poke’ buy zone only adds emphasis to the shaded support area.
HUI has dropped to a thus far 'higher low' to the critical 217 parameter. Gold Bug sentiment is down to 10% by the Sentimentrader data we most often review. The…
The world expects the FOMC to update its expectations regarding a tapering of Treasury bond asset purchases tomorrow. The world thinks that a tapering of these purchases would be bad for gold.
I think a decrease in T bond purchases would be anything from neutral to a potential positive (see post coming later today on the matter). Regardless, it is time to be looking out beyond FOMC with regard to the precious metals, a most sensitive sector to monetary policy.
So here is a check list of what we want to see in order to press the bull stance.
Yesterday was an impulsive looking move and something of a statement in itself. But now technically, the metals and miners need to gather themselves (after a potential pullback on profit…
Precious Metals (Negative) Bearish Engulfing candles aplenty yesterday ('BE' is only a very short-term bearish candle, with implications over the next 1-3 days at most) Lack of bullish follow-through from…
Broad Market With Europe up this morning and the US market closing yet again right at resistance yesterday (Dow at the top of its Reverse Symmetrical Triangle and SPX/NDX at…