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Gold Promising Technical's May Give Way to Downside Shakeout

Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009 Aug 09, 2009 - 06:37 PM GMT

By: Clive_Maund

Commodities

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleGold's technical's have been looking very promising in the recent past, but there have been two worrying developments over the past couple of weeks which suggest that we may be about to see a vicious shakeout rather than the breakout to new highs that so many are anticipating. One of these developments has been the very high number of advisors calling for an upside breakout on public website's, as many of you will be aware, and the other is the trend of COT data, with the latest figures being at levels that have in the past almost always signaled a reversal to the downside.


On the 3-year chart for gold we can see that the giant pattern which has developed in gold following the highs in March of last year can be interpreted as a bullish cone-shaped Cup & Handle consolidation pattern, or as a Head-and-Shoulders consolidation, or both at the same time, either or both of which imply an upside breakout soon. Negatively, the entire pattern can be interpreted as a Double Top. On the basis of this chart alone we would come down on the bullish side of the fence, favoring the Cup & Handle or the Head-and-Shoulders interpretation, especially as moving averages are in bullish alignment and as we are closing in on the most seasonally bullish month of the year for gold, September. However, there are other important factors that give grounds for caution at this point.

One factor giving grounds for concern is the dollar, which looked like it was breaking down last week, but then suddenly rallied strongly on Friday, which MAY mark an intermediate reversal. As we can see on the 3-year chart for the dollar index, despite the strength of Friday's rally, the dollar will remain under pressure whilst it is below its falling 50-day moving average and within the downtrend channel shown. However, a breakout above these constraining factors could lead to a sizeable rally, which would fit with the picture for Treasuries, where both short dated bills and long dated bonds are in position to rally off support.

Although many were writing off the dollar again last week, because of its marginal breach of support, it is interesting to observe that the Euro DID NOT break above the resistance shown on our 3-year chart, and although the uptrend in force from March has not yet failed it can be seen that this would be a good point for the Euro to go into reverse.

More ominous still for gold is the number of advisors calling for an upside breakout very soon and the latest COT data. The number of writers calling for an upside breakout has risen to a very high level, and this has been found in the past to be a contrary indicator. Meanwhile the COT chart shows that Large Spec long positions and Commercial short positions have risen to an extreme that has in the past correlated with a reversal to the downside.

So how do we reconcile the seemingly very bullish chart pattern for gold with the seemingly bearish COT data? Whilst recognising that gold could climb in the face of Large Spec long and Commercial short positions rising to even greater extremes, a more likely scenario is that Big Money is preparing an ambush - a sharp reversal to the downside to shake the little guy out and scoop up his gold and PM stocks at knockdown prices before prices reverse again to the upside and then the breakout to new highs occurs. This scenario is described in more detail in the article BIG MONEY'S game plan to FLEECE GOLDBUGS ahead of THE BIG ONE.

A complicating factor that could exacerbate the downside in PM stocks should gold and silver break lower will be if the broad stockmarket goes into correction mode at the same time. This looks likely as Abbey Joseph Cohen appeared on CNBC last week proclaiming a new bullmarket, which has been found to be one of the most reliable indicators that we are close to an intermediate top in the market at least.

The state of indecision in the gold market at this time is amply illustrated by the development of a Symmetrical Triangle on shown on our 3-year gold chart, and as the price must soon break out one way or the other from this pattern, the standoff should soon resolve itself.

By Clive Maund
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