Yesterday’s session was critical for the short term. Gold and silver declined, while the USD Index soared to new 2018 highs and metals closed relatively unchanged. It all happened at the combination of several turning points, some based on regular cyclicality, and some based on the apexes of triangles. Will the precious metals sector reverse and really rally shortly?

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In yesterday’s first alert, we wrote that it could be the case that the precious metals market would drop further before forming a temporary bottom this week. That’s exactly what happened and we took profits on our short position as one of the key reasons for which we hadn’t closed them before ceased to exist. Namely, until yesterday, gold and silver hadn’t moved to any important support level. During yesterday’s session, however, we saw an important change in the above as gold and silver moved to their previous lows. The situation changed and so did our trading position and profits (which increased). What’s next? When are gold and silver likely to turn south again?

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The USD Index reversed in a quite clear way on Friday and gold rallied. It looked like a great bullish combination for the precious metals sector, but was it really one? Gold moved higher on volume that was lowest since the beginning of the year and this means that Friday’s rally shouldn’t be taken at its face value, but instead it should be closely inspected. Moreover, silver just did what was previously followed by big and volatile price moves in all recent cases. What can we really infer from it?

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