By Scott Silva
Editor, The
Gold Speculator
7-24-13
Gold is signaling its next move up in its long term secular bull market.
That’s good news for the miners, which are also signaling “Buy, Buy, Buy”. For
gold bugs, there is always a good reason to buy gold. As it turns out, now may
the opportune time to buy as these bargain prices may not be available for
long.
Technical analysts know that price action and trading volume over time
establish recognizable chart patterns. Valid chart patterns are reliable
predictors of future price levels. Because historical data show that the most
reliable patterns are accurate about 70% of the time, many professional traders
include technical analysis when making investment decisions. Some successful
traders rely almost exclusively on the “technicals”.
As subscribers to The Gold
Speculator know, on July 11th and July 20th, we
issued buy recommendations on gold, silver and selected gold and silver stocks.
Today we are gratified to see gold and silver climbing above our identified
breakout levels, on their way to higher targets. Also today, respected Wall
Street analysts upgraded their opinions of some gold and silver stocks we own
in our Model Conservative Portfolio. Welcome aboard, Macquarie!
Here is the analysis that backed our bullish call on gold and gold stocks
of last week:
“Gold is trading in a
consolidation manner, creating a bullish ascending triangle pattern from the
July low. The breakout to the target price of 1427 could happen with a close
above 1303 (top trend line level) on volume.
The
Ichimoku indicators are bearish at the moment, but these signals are tending
toward a bullish bias. For instance, the Tenkan Sen is in bearish territory
below the Kijun Sen, but it has moved up toward a bullish cross. Likewise, the
Chikou Span is currently in bearish territory, but may emerge above price
action by moving sideways or slightly higher over the next several trading
sessions. Support is now 1265.90 with resistance at 1337.”
Tuesday’s chart shows the breakout from the bullish ascending
triangle pattern. The close above the top trend line is the most significant
signal. Also important, but difficult to see on this chart is the bullish cross
of the Kijun Sen by the Tenkan Sen from below. Such a cross signals the
beginning of a new trend. The Ichimoku indicators will confirm the bullish
trend is complete when the three remaining Ichimoku indicators turn bullish,
which each appears to be doing. Price action needs to break through the cloud,
which can happen with even sideways trading from here. The projected cloud
needs to “flip” from bearish to bullish (the cloud is already narrowing prior
to such a “kumo flip”). And finally, the Chikou Span (green trace) needs to
move above price action, where it appears to be headed. The separate MACD
indicator is also bullish. We have found such MACD crosses useful in
identifying trend reversals earlier than the Ichimoku indicators. We have
referred to these MACD crosses as trade “triggers”.
The bullish ascending triangle was
formed by price action beginning in early July. The measured move brings a
target price of 1427 for spot gold. If price action on the way up prints higher
highs and higher lows, then a price action may form a larger, more powerful
ascending triangle pattern dating back to mid-June. This is not uncommon in a
strong uptrend. We will be watching for that happy case to play out.
Last week, we recommended
clients buy selected gold and silver mining stocks. We had seen similar bullish
chart patterns develop for our recommended names. The AMEX Gold Bugs Index
(HUI) has some bullish features, although not as well defined as those of
selected issues. The HUI gapped up on Monday’s open and continued higher in
trading Tuesday. In general, miners are catching the bid. That’s good news for
gold bugs everywhere.
The miners have been neglected
by investors for a while. Now their stock prices are at very attractive levels
for value investors. Mining stocks tend to be more volatile than the price of
the underlying metal, so the mining stocks may climb faster in an uptrend. We
believe that to be the case for several gold and silver producers right now.
The planets are lining up for
the next leg up in the long term bull market for gold and gold stocks. Don’t
miss your golden opportunity to profit.
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