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Is is all about time

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Cycle’s Update – Aug 3rd

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Gold Setup

Gold Setup

This is a follow up post to June’s blog post – Gold is Ready to Perform and is an excerpt of the weekly premium report.

This is once more a very bullish setup for gold, as the second Daily Cycle within a bull market advance will often significantly surprise traders with its intensity and duration.  Predicting price movements is a difficult game, but a rally over 20 trading days (up to day six now) is to be expected, adding a minimum of $100 from the Cycle Lows.

 

7-30 gold daily

When we widen the timeframe out to the weekly Cycle, we see a similar bullish picture.  A clear bear market trend was decisively broken in early 2016, and now that a second straight Investor Cycle high has been made, the trend has clearly reversed.  The early, massive out performance shown by the precious metals miners tells us that a new bull market is already well under way.

For this Investor (weekly) Cycle, a drop back to the 10-week moving average during the first Daily Cycle Low (DCL) was just classic bull market behavior.  Although the ascent off the December bear market lows is certainly steep, and arguably not sustainable over the longer term.  But for now, we’re still in the early portion of this Investor Cycle with some serious momentum behind this sector.

 

7-30 gold weekly

There is a tendency during bull markets to overthink each setup or for traders to become overly aggressive/greedy.  I have seen many traders lose capital trading the long side of a powerful bull market.  By adding more and more leverage as a Cycle rally extends, only to be shaken out by a DCL because they did not have “strong-hand status”.  And far too often traders look to out of money call options as a means to riches, only to see a powerful rally fall just short of the aggressive strike price.

The lesson here is not to over think the setup.  In any bull market, it is best to buy large early out of a Cycle Low and then sit back and watch.  If you decide to use leverage, then again do so early to allow for a tight stop (off prior Cycle Low) and wait for the bull market to get your positions deeply in the black.  Then it becomes a matter of reducing that leverage as the Daily Cycle progresses, as opposed to being under invested when the move begins to where you feel like you’re missing out, at a point where you should be harvesting profits.    Above all, as I have said all along, establish a solid core position that you can buy and forget.

 

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The Next Leg

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Update – July 24th

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Weekend Update – July 15th

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The Markets Are Speaking

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Midweek Update – June 6th

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Golden Fireworks

 

 

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Golden Fireworks

This is a follow up post to last month’s blog post – Gold is Ready to Perform and is an excerpt of the weekly premium report.

Gold surged on the Brexit vote a week ago, then then spent the early part of this week consolidating the gains.  The net gain since the Brexit vote has been impressive, but Gold has still not regained the intraday high from the day after the Brexit vote.  Since spiking to 1362 the morning after the vote, Gold has been filling and confirming the Brexit surge.

The initial spike after the Brexit vote was clearly an over-reaction, but the bullish action since has confirmed that the move higher is real.  With Gold now approaching the Brexit intraday high, I believe that we should see another 2-5 day rally before the Daily Cycle peaks and turns lower.  At this stage of the Cycle, any Swing High will likely mark the DC top.

 

7-2 gold daily

At the end of 2015, the precious metals Miners were undervalued in relation to Gold by a historical amount, and the January-May Gold Investor Cycle (IC) allowed them to play catch-up.  I have shown the Gold:Miners ratio chart numerous times in the past to illustrate how Miners typically catch the first real bid during bear market turns. And that’s what happened during the 1st IC.  Now, the other precious metals can make their own runs.

Silver has taken off as only Silver can.  It has already become significantly overbought, but the current move is showing no sign of stopping, and could become epic.  It’s important that we recognize the move for what it is, maintain our composure and hold through the dips where appropriate.  Silver is still trading at a historically massive discount to Gold, but it doesn’t need to catch up all at once.  There is plenty of time for it to do so in coming Cycles.

Platinum and Palladium were also big winners this week.  They have been underpriced (relative to Gold) and both saw broad-based buying.  And as the end of the bear market has become clearer to investors, the entire precious metals sector has received an increasing flood of money.

7-2 silver weekly

The Miners are seeing buying across the board, and even the laggards and lessor quality names have begun to see bids.  And that’s fine.  Increasing participation confirms the bull market and tells us that we’re still very likely only in its early innings.

Recent history has not seen the precious metals Miners bullish percentage index ($BPGDM) pegged at 100, and the fact that it is now is a clear sign that we’re comfortably into the bull market’s next phase.  It’s also, however, a warning that we’re likely beginning to approach the next DC top.

 

7-2 Gold miners bullish percent index

There is not much room for alternative analysis.  The entire Gold sector is in the prime portion of the Cycle, and speculators have begun to lift the market higher.  We’ve prepared for this outcome, and must be aware that short term, violent, counter-trend hits are possible at any time, as over-leveraged speculators bail on positions. Each of us needs to avoid being chased out of positions by making sure they are correctly sized, and that leverage is appropriate.

As predicted when the DC started (some $100 ago), we are likely to have another 6-10 weeks higher in the current Investor Cycle.  My minimum target is $1,420, but my expectation is that the IC will top somewhere between $1,450 and $1,480.   Be smart about your entries and exits – it is best to buy during dips and sell some during rips, as opposed to becoming excited during surges and adding leverage at the end of intraday moves.  Most investors will be best served by not watching the tape too closely and by being content with the positions they have.

 

7-2 gold weekly

 

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The Fireworks have started

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