Briefly: In our opinion, short positions (full position) in gold, silver and mining stocks are justified from the risk/reward perspective.

Earlier today we wrote about the possible bearish implications of a rally in silver right before the turning point and we didn’t have to wait for long to see something like that.

Let’s take a look at the silver chart (charts courtesy of http://stockcharts.com).

Not only did silver rally much more than gold did, but it also reversed in a profound manner. At the moment of writing these words, silver is up, but gold and miners are already below today’s opening prices. More importantly, silver shoot up much higher on a temporary basis earlier today. We have been waiting for the bearish confirmation in the form of silver’s outperformance, and today’s temporary rally appears to be “it”.

Looking at the above chart alone has meaningful bearish implications as similar intra-day reversals were quite often seen right before declines. We marked the similar days with black arrows. Almost all declines were confirmed in this way before they begun. What does it mean? That the top is quite likely already in.

The beginning of today’s session seemed to be bullish as gold rallied along with the USD Index, but both rallies were already erased. The downside in the USD Index appears rather limited and since gold, silver and metals didn’t really rally when USD declined today, it seems that another similar move lower (if USD declines by as much as it declined today from today’s high, it would already reach support) may not push metals and miners visibly higher.

Based on the above and due to multiple bearish factors discussed earlier this week (plus the fact that gold is about to close the week below 2 important rising support lines), it seems that short positions in gold, silver and mining stocks are now justified from the risk to reward point of view.

As always, we will keep you – our subscribers – updated.

To summarize:

Trading capital (supplementary part of the portfolio; our opinion): Short positions (100% of the full position) in gold, silver and mining stocks are justified from the risk/reward perspective with the following entry prices, stop-loss orders and initial target price levels:

• Gold: initial target price: $1,006; stop-loss: $1,373, initial target price for the DGLD ETN: $73.19; stop-loss for the DGLD ETN $38.89
• Silver: initial target price: $13.12; stop-loss: $21.63, initial target price for the DSLV ETN: $39.78; stop-loss for the DSLV ETN $14.34
• Mining stocks (price levels for the GDX ETF): initial target price: $9.34; stop-loss: $30.67, initial target price for the DUST ETF: $297; stop-loss for the DUST ETF $21.80

In case one wants to bet on junior mining stocks' prices (we do not suggest doing so – we think senior mining stocks are more predictable in the case of short-term trades – if one wants to do it anyway, we provide the details), here are the stop-loss details and initial target prices:

• GDXJ ETF: initial target price: $14.13; stop-loss: $53.41
• JDST ETF: initial target price: $245; stop-loss: $16.59

Long-term capital (core part of the portfolio; our opinion): No positions

Insurance capital (core part of the portfolio; our opinion): Full position

Plus, you might want to read why our stop-loss orders are usually relatively far from the current price.

Please note that a full position doesn’t mean using all of the capital for a given trade. You will find details on our thoughts on gold portfolio structuring in the Key Insights section on our website.

As a reminder – “initial target price” means exactly that – an “initial” one, it’s not a price level at which we suggest closing positions. If this becomes the case (like it did in the previous trade) we will refer to these levels as levels of exit orders (exactly as we’ve done previously). Stop-loss levels, however, are naturally not “initial”, but something that, in our opinion, might be entered as an order.

Since it is impossible to synchronize target prices and stop-loss levels for all the ETFs and ETNs with the main markets that we provide these levels for (gold, silver and mining stocks – the GDX ETF), the stop-loss levels and target prices for other ETNs and ETF (among other: UGLD, DGLD, USLV, DSLV, NUGT, DUST, JNUG, JDST) are provided as supplementary, and not as “final”. This means that if a stop-loss or a target level is reached for any of the “additional instruments” (DGLD for instance), but not for the “main instrument” (gold in this case), we will view positions in both gold and DGLD as still open and the stop-loss for DGLD would have to be moved lower. On the other hand, if gold moves to a stop-loss level but DGLD doesn’t, then we will view both positions (in gold and DGLD) as closed. In other words, since it’s not possible to be 100% certain that each related instrument moves to a given level when the underlying instrument does, we can’t provide levels that would be binding. The levels that we do provide are our best estimate of the levels that will correspond to the levels in the underlying assets, but it will be the underlying assets that one will need to focus on regarding the signs pointing to closing a given position or keeping it open. We might adjust the levels in the “additional instruments” without adjusting the levels in the “main instruments”, which will simply mean that we have improved our estimation of these levels, not that we changed our outlook on the markets. We are already working on a tool that would update these levels on a daily basis for the most popular ETFs, ETNs and individual mining stocks.

Our preferred ways to invest in and to trade gold along with the reasoning can be found in the how to buy gold section. Additionally, our preferred ETFs and ETNs can be found in our Gold & Silver ETF Ranking.

As always, we'll keep you - our subscribers - updated should our views on the market change. We will continue to send out Gold & Silver Trading Alerts on each trading day and we will send additional Alerts whenever appropriate.

The trading position presented above is the netted version of positions based on subjective signals (opinion) from your Editor, and the Tools and Indicators.

As a reminder, Gold & Silver Trading Alerts are posted before or on each trading day (we usually post them before the opening bell, but we don't promise doing that each day). If there's anything urgent, we will send you an additional small alert before posting the main one.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Przemyslaw Radomski, CFA
Founder, Editor-in-chief, Gold & Silver Fund Manager

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