Briefly: In our opinion, a speculative short position (full) in gold, silver and mining stocks is justified from the risk/reward point of view.
The precious metals sector declined yesterday. Gold broke below its rising support line, silver moved well below the declining resistance line and miners moved below their recent low. However, the most important thing seems to have happened somewhere else. There was a signal that was followed by the same thing in each case since 2012 and we have just seen it once again.
Let’s take a look at the chart (charts courtesy of http://stockcharts.com).
The above chart features junior mining stocks’ performance relative to the performance of the general stock market. This ratio moves quite in tune with gold, as when we take out the link between juniors and other stocks, the main driver of their prices is the underlying metal (either gold or another metal that moves in tune with gold anyway). The bottom line is that since this ratio moves in line with gold (but slightly differently) it can be used as a confirmation of gold’s moves.
The way that we can use the above knowledge is to apply the Stochastic indicator to the ratio. In each (!) case when the Stochastic indicator flashed a sell signal it was either at or close to a major top. If gold was moving higher before this signal it suggested that the top is about to be formed and if gold was moving lower before the signal, it confirmed that the top was indeed formed. We have just seen this little-known but very accurate signal and the implications are very bearish.
Gold declined once again and moved below the rising support line based on the intra-day lows. This breakdown has bearish implications and the outlook for gold remains bearish, especially that gold is declining on rising volume.
The situation in silver remain bearish as well as the invalidation of white metal’s breakout is now very clear and significant. We have been expecting to see this breakdown being invalidated and this is exactly what we’re seeing now. The invalidation is a strong bearish sign.
We can say the same about the situation in the Stochastic indicator based on the HUI Index. The sell signal from the Stochastic indicator is now clearly visible and the link between the current situation and the previous 2 cases when we saw a very similar pattern is strong. The implications are very bearish as both previous cases were followed by substantial declines.
Overall, we can summarize the situation in the precious metals market in the same way as we did yesterday:
Summing up, the outlook for the precious metals market was bearish yesterday and after yesterday’s session it became even more bearish. It seems that the final bottom is still ahead of us.
The current short positions in the precious metals sector are profitable, but it seems that they will become much more profitable in the future, so we are keeping them intact.
We will keep you – our subscribers – updated.
To summarize:
Trading capital (our opinion): Short (full position) position in gold, silver and mining stocks is justified from the risk/reward perspective with the following stop-loss orders and initial (!) target prices:
- Gold: initial target price: $1,115; stop-loss: $1,253, initial target price for the DGLD ETN: $87.00; stop loss for the DGLD ETN $63.78
- Silver: initial target price: $15.10; stop-loss: $18.13, initial target price for the DSLV ETN: $67.81; stop loss for DSLV ETN $38.44
- Mining stocks (price levels for the GDX ETN): initial target price: $16.63; stop-loss: $21.83, initial target price for the DUST ETN: $23.59; stop loss for the DUST ETN $10.37
In case one wants to bet on lower junior mining stocks' prices, here are the stop-loss details and initial target prices:
- GDXJ: initial target price: $21.17; stop-loss: $28.68
- JDST: initial target price: $14.35; stop-loss: $5.65
Long-term capital (our opinion): No positions
Insurance capital (our opinion): Full position
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 sings 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.
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