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September bottoms failed to hold for both gold and silver. The price of Gold made a new bottom at around 681$ for spot gold. The price of spot silver traded as low as 8.47$.Gold support and resistance zones: 541$, 559$, 607$, 638$, 681$ <> 744$, 772$, 845$, 930$, 988$,1032$Silver support and resistance zones: 5.20$, 6.30$, 7.23$, 8.46$<> 11.03$, 12.02$, 12.59$, 13.07$, 13.73$, 16.48$, 19.44$,
Between March and September[2008] the price of gold declined almost 300$ (1032$ - 736$), So far thats the biggest decline both in nominal and percentage terms – since the global gold bull market had begun. At the same time the price of Silver declined more then 50% (21.34$ - 10.24$). However, as both gold and silver reached some kind of cyclical bottom a sharp rally then followed:gold 179$(736$ -
Recent downward action is similar to 2006 action , this time the pressure in the markets is probably more severe but there are lots of price action similarities, just do the calculations. Honestly, I do think that gold can go lower in the short to medium term if market pressure continue but over the longer term I do think that much higher rates might be coming. Thats all for now.
Previous week action:Gold traded between ~893$ and ~934$ which is a 41$ trading range for the week. Open = 928$ and close 910$, third red candle in a row.However, gold did not trade below or above any significant low or high. Cyclical resistance zones: July 15 high of ~988$ and March 17 high (all times high) ~1032.20$.Cyclical support zones: 12 Jun Low of ~857.45$ May 2 low of ~845.50$.Pivot zone
Cyclical resistance zones: July 15 high of ~988$ and March 17 high (all times high) ~1032.20$.Cyclical support zones: 12 Jun Low of ~857.45$ May 2 low of ~845.50$.Pivot zone : ~912$Gold spot 8 hours chart (OHLC)
Long term currency perspective , monthly charts:Euro / US Dollar, EUR/USD 32 years chart – partly syntheticJapanese Yen, USD/JPY 33 years chartBritish Pound, GBP/USD 38 years chartSwiss Franc, USD/CHF 38 years chartCanadian $, USD/CAD 38 years chartAustralian $, AUD/USD 18 years chartGold 37 years chart
August gold reached 969$. Support at cyclical lows: 850$ and 860$ are important lows. 875$ and 913$ less important. No specific resistance point other then the 1041$ high of March, 1000$ and the zone between 969$ to 1002$. If gold can break above the March high (1041$) it can easily move to 1158$ - first target.GCQ8 Fibonacci Chart – 480 minutes
Gold continued higher and August Gold (GCQ8) traded between ~920$ and ~949$ .Higher lows should probably follow : 850$, 860$, 875$ , ? ...Resistance at : ~950$ , 960$ - 965$ and then 1041$.Note the Fibonacci levels and diagonals.August gold 8 hours chart
22 – 27 June 2008 August Gold (COMEX GCQ8 , CBOT ZGQ8 & YGQ8)August gold future contracts ranged 56$ (~877$ - ~933$). Gold begun the week on the weak side (price did not make a lower low vs. previous week) but finished rather strong. Support zones for GCQ8 : 875$ , 860$, 850$ and lower.Resistance zones for GCQ8: 940$, 960$ - 964$ and 1041$.August gold futures (GCQ8) 8 hours chartNote: Gold /
It was an inside week – this week the GCQ8 contract traded (~868$ - 912$) within last week range (~ 859$ - 913$) . gold is trading comfortably in recent range with a slight positive bias as the weekly closing price was higher then last week and also the contract closed at the higher part of the trading range. Equity market are quickly approaching 2008 lows and $indu:gold ratio is probably
Dear readers,This week the August gold contracts (GCQ8, ZGQ8, YGQ8) traded between ~913$ and ~859$ (54$ range). The price did go below 868$ - 864$ but closed the week at ~873$. For August gold the important low is ~850$ and if that cant hold then there is major support between 835$ and 770$ ( spot gold price). Spot gold 65 weekly moving average currently around 786$.Resistance zones for GCQ8
Dear readers,This last week we have probably seen a successful retest of the low of 864$ and currently gold is trying to move higher towards resistance zone at ~940$.Support zones for the GCQ8 contract : ~868$, ~864$, ~850$ and Fibonacci levels.Resistance zones for GCQ8 : ~940$, ~960$, ~964$, ~1040$ and Fibonacci levels.GCQ8 August gold contract - 8 hours linear Fibonacci chart Silver has been
Currently the Comex August 100 oz gold future is the most active contract (GCQ8) , open interest for this contract is 257,894 according to NYMEX website.GCQ7 topped at 03/17/2008 @ 1039.8$ and recently bottomed at 05/02/2008 @850.5$. The trading range this year was ~190$ so far.Since the 05/02/2008 bottom gold managed to climb ~90$ but then pulled back and lost most of the gain. Support
Dear readers,Gold have managed to break and close above the diagonal trend line resistance. Gold is currently trying to rally higher , there is significant resistance zones all the way up to the top at 1038$ (GCM8) , so new highs are not likely any time soon. What is likely is a prolonged consolidation period similar to the price action that took place between mid 2006 and mid 2007.The price of
From mid March to early may the price of the Comex June gold contract (GCM8) pulled back about 190$ (1038$ > 846$) currently trading around 885$ . Along gold recent weakness there is some USD strength vs some of the other popular currencies such as the Euro , Yen , British pound, Swiss frank and others.The trend is still down ( as defined by the diagonal line connecting the major top (1038$ at
Gold is down trending and aiming to break support at first April low (876.5$ for GCM8). The price of gold failed to penetrate the 50% Fibonacci resistance at 957.54 and selling pressure pushed the price lower.Resistance at diagonal upper trend line, ~906.5$ , ~938$ (38.2%Fibonacci) , ~976$ (61.8% Fibonacci) , ~1003$(76.4% Fibonacci) and the high of 1038$. Support at 876.5$ ,~860, 850$ -840$ , ~
The bulls had a few moments of grace as the price of gold managed to trade above the diagonal trend line resistance, but gold failed to penetrate the secondary top at ~960$ and pulled back ~50$. resistance around ~938$ (38.2% fibo) , ~976$ (61.8% fibo) , ~1003$(76.4% fib) and the high of 1038$.support at ~888$, 876.5$ 850$ -840$ , ~820$, 792$. All price relating to Comex gold June contract (GCM8)
Dear readers ,General observation: In the last several weeks some actions took place, all of them in order to stabilize systematical large size financial risks. Major central banks such as the US Federal Reserve(Fed) and the ECB are keeping a closer eye on the markets, apparently being more flexible and “creative”.The above has probably a negative continues influence on the affinity to physical
The climate: Continued stress of banks and other financial institutions. In my opinion the source of this stress is illiquidity of non trade able (unlisted at a public exchange) financial “products”.Outlook: High volatility is present in all markets, extreme events in which investment banks remove huge amounts of liquidity while central banks creates huge amount of liquidity to fill the “holes”
The price of gold advanced about 300$ in the last 6 month. If you multiply that by ~150,000 tons (estimation of total gold above ground - worldwide) then all of that is worth ~ 150,000{tons) x 30,000{average ounces in ton) x 1000(gold futures price estimation) = 4,500,000,000,000$. 4.5 Trillion.What does it mean? Well… all the gold that people have ever mined is worth about:100 times more then
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