The one thing that I can comment on about LME trading is that the electronic trade has been around for sometime but it is not widely available...
It is still a bit too early to confirm the positive resolution of the "golden triangle" to the upside but so far, it would appear that the...
Slowly working out in gold's own unique way, building cause and basing out. I expect the triangle to be resolved to the upside still. Just as...
This was my exact reason for trying out the short recently as well as the DX does continue to strengthen. As a result, gold is trading about $5...
Good points Sumo, volumes will continue to drop off until after the New Year. The one thing that I would like to point out though is that during...
There is something very positive happening with gold these past few days. Even as the USDX is strengthening and the XEU, XBP and AUD are getting...
Liquidity will increase over time as the OI increases in electronic options. I very rarely use options or spreads in the metals but the setup with...
not sure if this helps or is just a hindrance but after working the floor in prior years, I have rarely seen many folks make good money on metals...
Palladium looks fine here if 340 holds. The problem with this metal is that several automakers got burned in 2000 when they tried to switch from...
Right about now my head is about to explode! One minute prices look ready to break but the next support comes in and everything looks great again....
One of the best forward proxies for the gold price is to simply look at the action in GoldCorp. GG is currently trading down another -2.4% today...
I also believe this to be the case as well. The gold shares are clearly indicating future weakness in the gold price lies dead ahead. Right now...
as each red day advances, the bears continue to tighten their grip one notch at a time. Rallies continue to be sold hard at every opportunity it...
XAU/HUI appears to be pricing in a gold takedown to at least 760-780 imo. I am short from basis 800 on the pin this afternoon with an absolute max...
there is already selling just under 800 cash now it appears. It looks as if the boys are trying to print a marginal positive close on COMEX gold...
My thought right now is that if 770 cash is penetrated then the door swings wide open for a potential move down to the May'06 high which is the...
As long as HG is trading under 3 then Cu is subject to further liquidation imo. End of year producer selling is very common as inventories that...
The commercial buildup of short positions shows that they are unbuckled so far and are just as short as they were at the $846 cash high. The XAU...
Crude also appears to be tracing out a very similar downtrend channel which is a very telling pattern of market distribution. It is quite possible...
The object is not to chase returns but rather to preserve capital until the markets return to a state of bullish posture to deploy funds. I expect...
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