It’s possible that gold is about to embark upon a 21-day cycle that could see price accelerate to the $1,300 + level in pretty short order…

There’s a lot going on in the daily gold chart below, but hopefully not too much:

  1. Gold appears to have put in a major low in Dec, as evidenced by a breakout and back-test of its 50 day MA.
  2. Gold is now breaking out above what appears to be a bullish cup & handle formation on the last day of its most recent 13-day Fib time zone.
  3. A break above the (green) 38.2% fan line immediately overhead, or let’s say above $1,230 – would place gold within an extremely thin volume zone, where price could accelerate sharply.
  4. Other than moderate volume at the 200-day MA level, where moderate resistance could be mounted, the price zone up to $1,340 is characterized by extremely thin volume.