Gold/Silver Technical Highlights:
- Gold broke triangle, pressure on multi-month slope
- Silver could soon be looking at support from Oct/Nov
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Gold broke triangle, pressure on multi-month slope
Last week, in a couple webinars we looked at the well-defined symmetrical triangle forming in gold and noted that a breakdown out of the pattern should have it first testing the slope from late August. With it there now along with low from January 4, the beginning of the triangle, we’re at an important crossroad.
A break below 1276 will have a trend-line from November under fire but seen as having a better than 50/50 likelihood of also breaking. If that is the case, then we have to go down a bit before we find any meaningful support, with the 200-day MA falling towards the October swing-high at 1243.
Gold may not decline that far before finding sponsorship, but support will have to arrive without the help of any highly visible levels. On the flip-side, a hold here despite the break in the triangle could keep gold in play for a false pattern breakdown out of the pattern that leads to a drive higher towards the 1305/10-area. This will require an almost immediate turn-around and seen as the low probability outcome.
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Gold Daily Chart (At crossroads)
Silver could soon be looking at support from Oct/Nov
Silver continues to be viewed as the weaker of the two major precious metals. It’s been like that for quite some time and until stronger silver vs. gold becomes a consistent theme, I’ll continue to run with the notion that silver will outperform on the downside. The breakdown from resistance could soon have the 14.90/70 support zone from the fall in focus if the 200-day doesn’t prove to hold much weight right here.
Silver Daily Chart (Oct/Nov support look to be next)
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---Written by Paul Robinson, Market Analyst
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