What’s Up, What’s Down: Spotlight on Metals
Comments for August 12, 2011
Looking ahead to Friday by reflecting back on Thursday’s trading
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SILVER FORMING A BEAR PENNANT? WILL A CORRECTION COME TO GOLD??
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METALS: 8/12/11 Higher closes for copper and platinum while lower for silver and gold. Copper had another large trading session with extremely choppy action over the last three days, There is strong resistance up to the 420 area basis the September contract but, on the other hand, copper did go through this previous support areas like a ‘knife through butter’ in the past. Silver and gold closed lower with silver looking like its in a possible BEAR PENNANT continuing its choppy action over the last month while losing steam in its retracement rally lagging further and further behind gold overall. There is good support below for silver which has been in a wide trading range going back to May. Gold made another new CONTRACT HIGH but settled lower this time in reversal type action. If and when, there’s a correction it could be swift and deadly but, like everyone else, I don’t know when it will happen unless I see some technical changes that I can read correctly. Platinum settled higher for its fourth session in a row now near a critical area around 180 basis the October contract. Still, copper has been making lower highs since last May. BUY SIGNALS FOR SILVER AND GOLD. SELL SIGNALS FOR COPPER AND PLATINUM. CALL FOR DETAILS!
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