Gold & Silver; Buckle Up!
Bullion
Round Up
It has become a
repetitive mantra as we witnessed a positive buying from Asia that
soon dissipates as we enter the European trading hours. The turbulent
price movement did not stop there as bullion investors have to face a
gruelling mental test when US market open.
Physical buying picked up in Asia - investors felt gold is cheaper and offer a better return as their stock market suffered from the economic uncertainty in the Eurozone as well as the US sequester that failed to reach an agreement. China shares took a beating, with property shares worst hit after an official announcement from Beijing to cap prices. The curb includes higher down payment and mortgage rates for buyers of second homes. It is completely different picture from their western counterparts (except the Eurozone) who are enjoying a more buoyant stock market rally.
Meanwhile in Europe, we are looking at a potential crisis in the making. This time, it is a political crisis that may revive the dormant economic crisis (especially after Mr Draghi famous line will do “whatever it takes”). The messy Italian election did not help the 10 year Italian bond yield that is on the increase. Media coverage on the election issue has helped to divert attention from a higher Spanish unemployment rate as well as the weaker Eurozone Sentix investor confidence that drop to -10.6 against -3.9 previously.
If we bring together all of the above into a big picture, that picture is starting to show a complete contrast to what was being proclaimed by politicians that the market is recovering and growing. We warned in our previous commentary that the global economy remains fragile and over dependant on the US as well as China. We are witnessing stronger US dollars due to safe haven demand and also due to currency devaluation from other countries that are playing catch up with the US. We cannot ignore the fact that there will be more quantitative easing to further support the fragile economy and currency devaluation that will pick up over time.
Gold Technical
Short Term:
Prices
are capped to the upside of $ 1585.00 and unable to break the (38.2%)
resistance level of $ 1587.00. It does not paint a bullish picture as
any rally is short lived. Gold has been trading in a tight range of $
1585 and $ 1570 where it found some support. The Bollinger bands are
converging, indicating a possible breakout. Low volume also indicates
a lack of interest which could encourage the bears to apply more
pressure in the short term.
Medium Term:
On
the daily chart, the Bollinger bands continue to move lower which may
suggest that the bear run is still intact. Gold may need to retest
quality support before making a strong and sustainable reversal. With
managed funds and retail investor’s large speculative short
positions, we will not be surprise if a higher gold price may force
short covering. That may be the positive catalyst that gold needs to
move higher.
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We will short gold at $ 1555 with a
stop loss at $ 1565 and target $ 1540. Should the selling
overextend itself, we look to place a buy at $ 1530 with stop loss
of $ 1525 and target $ 1550.
Resistance: $ 1587, $ 1592, $ 1625 (50%), $ 1650, $ 1686, $ 1697 (previous high) Support: $ 1564, $1555, $ 1545, $ 1525, $ 1522 (2012 low) |
Silver
Technical
Short Term:
The
white metal showed a more promising sign as prices traded between $
28.82 and $ 28.51. It is still trading above the 38.2% retracement
line that lent support but it lacks direction. The lack of economic
data on Monday dampens any interest and volume was low. However, the
bulk of the economic data is at the end of this week which may create
some momentum on silver.
Medium Term:
The
MACD remains in the negative zone and the fast line has not cross
higher. Prices are still trading below the 20 DMA that is proving to
be a tough resistance line. We felt that there is more room to
consolidate and silver may need to retest quality support before we
can be more bullish.
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Short silver at $ 28.45 with a stop
loss of $ 28.55 and target $ 28.15. Looking to buy if $ 29.15 is
given and place a long trade to target $ 29.50.
Resistance: $ 29.50, $ 29.74 (38.2%), $ 30.19 (50%) Support: $ 27.93, $ 27.50 |
Currencies
Trade Recommendation Results -
February 2013
Over the month of February, we have recommended several short positions both on gold and silver. Below is the result of our recommendation as well as the stop loss triggered. We hope our readers enjoyed reading our daily bullion round up and benefit from our trade recommendation.
Gold Results
| Date | In | Date | Out | Change | Notes |
| 12th Feb | 1652.00 | 15th Feb | 1638.00 | 14.00 | Short gold |
| 15th Feb | 1625.00 | 18th Feb | 1615.00 | 10.00 | Short gold |
| 19th Feb | 1605.00 | 21st Feb | 1600.00 | (5.00) Stop Loss | SL triggered - Long gold |
| 25th Feb | 1585.00 | 27th Feb | 1600.00 | 15.00 | Long gold |
| Total |
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34.00 profit |
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- Shorting the market is more profitable
- Cautious view for the next few weeks
| Date | In | Date | Out | Change | Notes |
| 7th Feb | 31.60 | 12th Feb | 31.02 | 0.58 | Short Silver |
| 19th Feb | 29.60 | 20th Feb | 29.30 | 0.30 | Short Silver |
| 20th Feb | 29.20 | 21st Feb | 28.90 | 0.30 | Short Silver |
| 22nd Feb | 28.75 | 25th Feb | 28.60 | (0.15) Stop Loss | SL triggered - Long Silver |
| Total |
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103.00 Profit |
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- Shorting the market is more profitable
- Trading the white metal cautiously
05 Mar 2013 | Categories: Gold
