Gold & Silver; Quiet Trading Ahead...
Bullion Round Up
The financial crash of 2008 painted a sombre picture that the economy is broken by greed and high level of debts. Quotes from the late Richebacher stated that “a credit expansion in the USA is close to $ 10 trillion - in relation to nominal GDP growth of barely $ 2 trillion”. Market confidence was built with imaginary money and wealth illusion that gave many individuals an excuse to borrow over the limit. The banks were too happy to comply as they see only boom and no bust.
We are told that the current market situation is recovering. Solutions implemented are to print to infinity and promote low interest rate environment in order to build market confidence back and juiced the main institutions in order to prevent a “hard landing”. So are we back in this wealth illusion era? Is everything really going to be okay? Does the solution have an expiry date and what will happen after that? All the above questions raised, point to a great uncertainty in the future of our financial market. This uncertainty could just be the remaining catalysts that kept the gold rally alive.
Economic
Round up
Asian market will
be quiet as we enter holiday season to celebrate the Chinese Lunar
New Year.
Last week, the Venezuelan government decided to devalue their currency against the dollar. Stock markets were generally bullish with the FTSE, Nasdaq posting positive gain and US S & P posting new high since 2007. In Brussels, EU leaders clashed with regards to cutting back on spending. Britain led the way with austerity plan while France and Italy argued for a budget driving jobs and growth. Eventually, they did come with an agreement with a deal that combines growth and consolidation.
Gold
Technical
Short Term:
Gold
is holding ground near to its support level of $ 1662 area and should
that break lower, we will see a bearish convergence to retest support
at $ 1653 and $ 1647. The stochastic has pointed lower and MACD has
rolled to the negative zone which suggests more consolidation in the
short term.
Medium Term:
The
market remains lacklustre to test higher due to dollar strength. In
addition, equities market are outperforming and marking new high
which may suggest the decline of safe haven appeal. We have visited
the 2 possible breakout scenarios on gold in the medium term. A break
of support level could give way to retest January’s low of $ 1625
and possibly $ 1600. However, a break through its resistance levels
could mean short covering that may well push gold back to $ 1700 and
$ 1750 areas. The jury is still out.
| Strong support lies at $ 1662 area and we will only be bearish if gold breaks below $ 1652. We are neutral on gold and think it lacks the catalysts to take out $ 1685 resistance. Look to buy on a potential upside breakout and target $ 1750. Resistance: $ 1674, $ 1686, $ 1697 (previous high), $ 1700, $ 1710 (50% retracement from Oct high) Support: $ 1663, $ 1653, $ 1647 (long term uptrend line), $ 1635, $ 1625 |
Silver
Technical
Short Term:
The
current situation indicate more consolidation to come as the MACD
rolled negatively but may soon converging to cross higher. In
addition, the stochastic is not showing any positive sign of crossing
higher. We have also redrawn the uptrend line to show the symmetrical
triangle pattern that exists on the 4 hourly charts. A break below
the uptrend line bode bearish momentum and we look to short the
market on that signal.
Medium Term:
The
stochastic on the daily chart shows selling pressure is slowly
eroding the support level at $ 31.23 level. Time and time again dip
buyers exist on that area. Despite that, the signal outlook does not
bode too bullish as MACD is rolling flat. We are back to our neutral
bearish stance on silver and will get more bullish if we can take out
$ 31.70.
|
A break of $ 31.23 will not bode
well for silver. Look to go long at $ 32.05 and target $ 32.40.
Resistance: $ 32.47 (month high), $ 33.54 (downtrend line), $ 35.35 (October high) Support: $ 31.23 (38.2%), $ 30.60 (200 DMA), $ 29.25 (January low) |
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11 Feb 2013 | Categories: Gold
