Fear not… ye gold holders
I wanted to take the chance to expose this pullback in commodities as nothing more than a seasonal operation right before the early February FOMC statement. All commodities (as well as the major 4 equity indices) have major/minor bottoms right around the last few days of January.
Here is the proof:
Here is the last 10 years of gold.
4HR Gold Spot
2HR Gold Spot
4HR DXY (Strong downside momentum and wayyyy under Bollingers. Getting overbought actually)
1HR DXY (It was nearly certain that today we would fill the Thursday gap, we did). Hanging around weekly CAM R3 now. The bottom of DXY is that thick red line, Year CAM S3)
When I see naysayers immediately jump onto the bear train before gold seasonality is even over after the strongest start in a decade… I question it (referring to massive zerohedge (ugh) and seeking alpha (double ugh) articles out there calling the top). Every single $10-20 pullback since December 14 has been met with, “Gold is going down guys! It’s over!”. Rarely has the gold seasonal trade ever ended before February 1.
Cameron
Thanks Morty. Nice charts.
Nice charts mort, what script are you running on the 4hr gold or is just a modified indicator? Thanks
The indicator at the bottom is based on Larry Connors book: https://www.amazon.com/Short-Term-Trading-Strategies-That/dp/0981923909 .
It is simply the 2-period RSI, with a 3-period SMA. Overbought/oversold is 85/15. Works well on 1HR and 4HR charts, as well as Day/Week/Month. Helps if the item at hand is “trending”.
Source: https://www.tradingview.com/script/6FTpAK7t-RSI-Shaded/
Thanks and spot on.
The only proof is in the price action. I will re-enter when that occurs.
I agree… just offering another perspective. I have been in since December so I have a nice cushion. 🙂 Good luck!
“Rarely has the gold seasonal trade ever ended before February 1.” Is that encouraging?
Just showing seasonal trends and where we are with respect to the last 10 years… I could go back further in time but I did not want to pollute the post. Like Jenkins said it is just another piece of information to ‘aid the trade’.
Historic seasonality is simply another data point.
Thanks for posting. Good info