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Gold Bulls Continue On

November 18, 2021 By in DUST, Ed Seykota, GDX, GDXJ, GLD, GOLD, Gold Miners, Positions, Wyckoff, ZeroHedge

Even As The Miners Reverse

After attempting to breakout higher over the past six trading sessions, the miners are posting signs of a nascent reversal.

Even so, the bull calls continue.

The latest round includes two more articles from ZeroHedge:

Gold Breakout Imminent !

The first part describes some technical details that are all true … after that, well, you decide.

Turns out, gold is going to skyrocket because of Russia !

I suppose, anything can happen.

We get fundamentals and anecdotal data as the reasoning for a Russia driven up-side breakout.

The problem with fundamentals is, they don’t work.

They never have worked.

Wyckoff discovered this a century ago when he said (from his autobiography) that ‘stocks move based on a power of their own. That power, has nothing to do with fundamentals.’

Trading genius Ed Seykota repeated that truth during his interview for ‘Market Wizards’.

He called them ‘funny mentals’ and went on to say he nearly, if not always lost money using them.

Gold shhh …

This article’s so good that I have to pay to read it.

From reading the shaded area, we can infer a similar (bullish) discussion to the first link above.

Sorry, not interested.

Summary

This time really could be different. Gold could launch into a sustained upward breakout.

However, the charts (GDX, GDXJ) at this juncture, are saying ‘not yet’.

Maintaining short (not advice, not a recommendation) via DUST … which is now in the green.

Stay Tuned

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Tech Talk, Gold & Gold Miners

November 17, 2021 By in DUST, GDX, GDXJ, GLD, GOLD, Gold Miners, Positions, The Speck, ZeroHedge

Trend & Channel

Who’s taking the bull side on gold?

If we use the just released ZeroHedge articles listed below, the inference is the average investor’s on the bull side:

Investors overweight in stocks

Gold probes multi-month highs

Futures flat amid inflation jitters

Especially notable in the ‘Gold probes’ article is the statement, gold pushed above ‘key price resistance’.

That key resistance was first identified in this post as the target for potential major reversal.

This Is Now

So, here we are.

Gold (GLD) and the miners, GDX, GDXJ, have pushed above resistance levels. The bull/bear fight is on.

At this point, it’s not known who’s ultimately in control.

A retrace to breakout support for gold (GLD, GDX, GDXJ) is normal under either circumstance … bullish or bearish.

What happens at that support is the deciding factor. A bounce and continuation upward, the bulls are in charge.

A bounce, then failure, nods it to the bears.

That’s why we’re at The Danger Point.

It’s the location where price action hesitates. It’s unsure and can go either way.

The weekly chart (below) of GDX, is marked up with a modest sloping down-channel … declining approximately -26%, annualized:

From left to right, that right side contact’s been in the making for over a year.

Even worse (for the bulls) is the next chart:

Note the right side channel is an estimate and has not been confirmed with additional contact points.

We’ll zoom in on the possible new channel:

Price action made several contacts with the grey centerline and the entire channel structure looks symmetrical.

‘Transitory’ & The Elephant

The reason (supply chain) inflation may be transitory is that demand is going to collapse.

It’s already happening.

Now, that news is just starting to hit the mainstream.

They pretend like they’re not sure what’s it’s all about. So, let’s help them out with some facts.

Embedded within the article at this link, is an actual list of ‘strange anomalies’ that are occurring amongst the most athletically conditioned in the world.

If it’s happening with the athletes, it’s happening in the rest of the population.

Summary:

Early this session, Gold (GLD) and the miners, GDX, GDXJ have, or are testing their highs with inverse funds DUST and JDST testing the lows.

If this is a major transition from up to down for gold and the miners, this type of back and forth is normal.

Positions:

We’re still at the danger point but action can’t stay at these levels for too long. If it does, that would imply the bulls are gaining control and going to move the market to much higher levels.

Obviously, since we’re short (not advice, not a recommendation) via DUST, we’re on the other side of the gold bull trade.

A reasonable stop for DUST would be at, near, or just below yesterday’s low of 16.72 (not advice, not a recommendation).

As of this post, with DUST currently trading at DUST, 17.11, my firm’s position is down a modest – 1.82%.

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Gold Miner’s, Terminal ?

November 16, 2021 By in DUST, GLD, GOLD, Gold Miners, Positions

Possible Reversal In Gold Futures pre-Market

We’ll get straight to it … Gold futures, GCZ21 (December) look like they have posted an up-thrust and reversal in the early hours.

The Miner’s chart above, GDX has a potential terminating wedge as shown. The chart below zooms in on that area:

Pre-market action thirty minutes before the open has GDX about to open slightly higher.

If we’re in a reversal condition, the expectation is for the higher open to be retraced within the first 4-hours of the session … preferably within the first hour.

If price action persists higher, it’s an indication there is more oscillation to come and it’s probably time to stand aside (exit) a short position (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Gold, In Mid-Air

November 12, 2021 By in DUST, GDX, GDXJ, GLD, GOLD, Gold Miners, JDST, Positions, Uneducated Economist, Van Metre 1 Comment

We’ve Been Here Before

CME

As we’ll see in the charts below, gold (GLD) has pushed above resistance three times in the past.

Each time, GLD reversed.

Two of those had GLD print new post, 8/6/20, lows.

The average decline was -11.3%.

During that time, miners GDX, GDXJ, took the brunt of the action.

The last GLD draw-down (6/1/21 – 8/10/21), was about -10.2%, while GDX got whacked top-to-bottom with -28.2%.

At this juncture, miner’s downside price action looks to be leveraged by about 3:1, when compared with gold.

Gold (GLD) Analysis:

The un-marked chart:

The marked chart has the past three up-thrusts above resistance (magenta arrows) and our current potential; the orange arrow.

Note the typical distance price action traveled above the blue line resistance levels.

If GLD does not move any higher from this point, its current distance above resistance is typical when using the past three moves for reference.

Danger Point:

In the markets, anything can happen.

Price action in GLD and miners, GDX, GDXJ are each at their own danger points.

Counter-intuitively, this is where the risk of being wrong is least (not advice, not a recommendation).

Senior Miners, GDX:

Taking the hourly chart of GDX and inverting it, gives us a chart similar to inverse fund DUST but without the tracking (bias) errors.

The inverted hourly chart:

Net downward price action is narrowing; less and less downward progress with each thrust.

This is an indicator we may be nearing the end of the move.

Helping that assessment along, is the next chart. The circled area shows Force Index is also dissipating.

Today’s session thus far, has essentially no more thrust energy when compared to the last two sessions.

Summary:

Price action in DUST, has gone a little farther (lower) than desired.

However, the analysis above tells us there’s nothing, yet, that would indicate an exit of the short position (not advice, not a recommendation).

One has to remember who’s on the other side of this trade; that is, the bull side.

The general public has been led to believe inflation is rampant. The media and various YouTube personalities have whipped them into an inflation frenzy.

Its become some kind of psychosis

Costs are going higher. That part is true.

The reason they’re higher, or at least a different perspective, is available to everyone via Uneducated Economist and Steven Van Metre just to name two.

As Van Metre said about a year ago concerning the actions by the Fed (paraphrasing),

‘Do you think the Fed is going to educate the public and tell them Quantitative Easing is actually deflationary?

No, they will allow the public to have the false belief their (Fed) actions have the opposite effect.‘

Just a reminder of what the guys above are really all about; Some additional info is here.

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Gold … The Show Begins

November 10, 2021 By in DUST, GDX, GLD, Positions, Uneducated Economist, Van Metre 6 Comments

Popcorn Ready … Asylum Freaks Out

You would think everybody’s escaped.

We have this link and this one and probably many more.

Those who’ve been monitoring this site already know, today has been in the planning stages for months.

This post was the first one to discuss the target area for a reversal in gold (GLD).

So, here we are.

So-called inflation is running rampant and it looks as if everybody’s in agreement.

Well, almost.

Turns out there’s a guy in the Pacific Northwest, a ‘boots on the ground’ type that sells lumber for a living.

Uneducated Economist never waivered on the fact, prices are rising as a result of supply constraints and not inflation.

There was one more as well.

Steven Van Metre has given his take on current monetary policies; they’re deflationary.

It’s a minority view.

Either way, we’re about to find out the truth.

Gold (GLD) Analysis

The fact GLD, has reached a target identified two months ago, gives credence to a potential reversal.

We’ll start first, with the un-marked weekly chart of GLD:

Now, the mark up:

It looks like we have a test of the original Up-Thrust (reversal).

In addition, today’s action (above black dashed- line) is another Up-Thrust.

Is this a reversal, within a reversal ?

The chart below zooms in on that area:

Everyone has their own investment/trading time-frame and method.

There’s no doubt, gold (GLD) is at the danger point. Price action can go either way.

Positioning:

The ‘inflation’ links above highlight current psychology and sentiment. The bull trap may be set.

As of this morning, we’re already positioned short this sector via DUST (not advice, not a recommendation).

Note:

A push below today’s DUST low of 17.27, does not necessarily negate the trade but it does (or will) bring it under scrutiny for potential exit (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Update: Exit DUG

November 5, 2021 By in DUG, Oil & Gas, Positions 1 Comment

DUG Pressing The Lows … Standing Aside

Although this site is not a ‘service’, it is in good taste to be forthcoming on our market moves.

As said yesterday, there’s a lot of froth at the top. We’re certainly not going to hold a losing position into the weekend.

Exit was performed on DUG as shown.

Analysis to follow

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Oil: Froth At The Top

November 4, 2021 By in DUG, MRNA, Oil & Gas, Positions, XOM, XOP

XOP Down, XOM Up

Oil sector proxy XOP, posted outside-down (key reversal) while Exxon (XOM) closed higher.

If we’re in the middle of a reversal, this is normal.

Parts of the sector are already heading lower while typically, the larger caps are the last to complete the change.

This interview with Carter Worth, even though it’s short at only two-minutes thirty seconds, paints not-so-good picture.

He says in a typical scenario that’s repeated twice since the late April ’20 lows, oil has declined by 16% – 20%.

When asked how the equities would do, he hesitates, then says ‘It’s not worth the risk [to be long]’.

It’s a polite way to say they’re likely to get whacked.

Moderna (MRNA)

By now, everybody’s heard the news on Moderna.

Trouble for Moderna was spotted a while back and discussed in this post … along with a prediction that class-action may be forthcoming.

Our stopwatch is still ticking.

Positions

The account positions are short Oil & Gas XOP, using DUG as the vehicle (not advice, not a recommendation).

So far, its been a lot of banging around without much progress either way. However, at this point, a new low for DUG, below today’s low would signal trouble for the short side.

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Exxon Breaks Trendline

November 3, 2021 By in DUG, Oil & Gas, Positions, XOM, XOP

Sector Reversal Case Builds

While the overall markets move higher, XOP continues lower and Exxon (XOM) just broke its trend-line to the downside.

XOM is the largest cap in the Oil & Gas Exploration Sector.

We’re using XOP as the proxy and DUG for leveraged inverse.

Over the next day or so, we could get an underside test of the break. However, it was not really dramatic.

With all eyes on other markets like S&P, Dow, Q’s and so on, XOM may just decide to drift on lower …

Positioning:

At this point, there’s nothing that says to cover shorts by exiting DUG (not advice, not a recommendation).

The trade is progressing. So, we’re going to leave it alone.

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‘Stealth’ Reversal, Oil

November 2, 2021 By in David Weis, DUG, Oil & Gas, Positions, Wyckoff, XOP

XOP Lower Open, Signals Weakness

Nobody’s Looking

A higher XOP open would have probably been a short set-up (DUG) failure.

However, that’s not what happened.

The open was lower but then price action went on to post a new daily high above yesterday’s.

At this juncture, the short set-up is still valid (not advice, not a recommendation).

How can a new daily high be acceptable for a short position?

Repeating Set-Up:

Back in August this post was created to help document a market behavior that’s probably been repeating since the beginning.

My former mentor, David Weis used to call it ‘Spring to Up-thrust’, using Wyckoff’s terminology.

The fact the set-up’s been repeating for decades, if not a century or more, is definitive proof traditional valuations and fundamentals have nothing to do with actual price movement.

That’s a topic for another time.

XOP Analysis:

We’ll start with an un-marked XOP daily chart:

It doesn’t look like much is going on. So, let’s zoom into the far right side using the 15-minute, below:

Ok, what am I supposed to see?

Marking up the chart, we have the following:

Once we have the correct annotations, it’s obvious XOP just posted a ‘Spring to Up-thrust’.

True, it’s on a minor time frame like the 15-minute; however, it does give a clue XOP, could be in for a more significant and longer-term reversal (not advice, not a recommendation).

Positioning:

If XOP is somehow able to post another new daily high during this session or subsequent, most likely it would be time to exit our short position (via DUG, not advice, not a recommendation).

For now, the expectation’s for continued oscillation below today’s high … while XOP figures out if that’s all there is for the up-side.

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Oil Sector Tests Reversal

November 1, 2021 By in DUG, Oil & Gas, Positions, XOP

Deep Test For XOP

XOP is either in a deep test at the Fibonacci 76.4%, retrace level (distance between black lines), or it’s getting ready to post new recovery highs.

Volume was moderate with no overt indication either way.

A higher open at the next session would most likely indicate trouble for a short position (not advice, not a recommendation).

However, one has to realize we’re at extremes in price and most likely sentiment as well.

Looking at the weekly gives a better perspective:

Positioning:

We’re keeping the finger close to the sell button (for inverse DUG) but are not convinced the short set-up has been invalidated (not advice, not a recommendation).

Price action’s at a confluence of trend lines and resistance. Some type of trend confusion is to be expected.

Stay Tuned

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