Silver Gains Set Up Buy in Inverse ETFs
iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) is overbought after gaining 7.2% last week. As SLV became overbought, ProShares UltraShort Silver (NYSE: ZSL) has become oversold. ZSL has been oversold for most of the past two weeks. The longer a market is oversold, the more likely it is to reverse. Heading into the open on Monday, ZSL is oversold with a PowerRatings of 10.
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ZSL is also oversold on a number of other indicators. Trading Market Analytics provides a screen that shows ConnorsRSI, the 2-period RSI, Bollinger Bands ® (%b) and other indicators that are not widely available. ConnorsRSI and the 2-period RSI are generally oversold when they are below 20 and Bollinger Bands (%b) is considered oversold below -0.20.
ZSL should be considered a strong buy on additional weakness.
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All data is as of the end of day on 2/14/2014.