I think this is brilliant sleuthing by our member Red Label

His original thesis is posted on the sidebar https://goldtadise.com/?p=417060

I am re posting his comments to a query by Northstar in a post below that many have likely missed.

here is my interpretation first:

I believe Red is saying he has discovered that the ratio 120,000 divided by the DXY is a constant ( plus or minus 3%) where the price of gold is adjusted to by the PTB….within the framework of the Bretton Woods Monetary System)

Basically Red is saying that Gold is tied to the DXY ( dollar index) and will not be in a Bull until it is rising regardless of the Dollars movements.

Until this ratio is broken , as it was going into the 2011 top…the price of gold is going nowhere and is NOT in a Bull market

Do I have this right Red ?

If the Gold price is wandering from this 120,000 / DXY it will be adjusted up or down frequently to get back in line.

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That’s the theory Fully. IMO physical buying or selling from other sources other than the CB’s drives deviations in Gold price. IMO The CB’s want and need a steady price in Gold.

If the $USD is = 100 has shown that Gold price = $1200 +/-. there has been a correlation in play since last November regardless of the $USD Index Gold has remained in this ratio +/- 3%. The deviation from the ratio being overbought oversold conditions in the market. The OB/OS conditions were in the range of $20-$50. The interesting thing OS conditions were not necessarily followed by OB conditions and vice versa.

1200/($USD/100)

Chart in TradingView “120000/DXY”

Likewise today 1200/(89.70/100)=1337 Gold is showing to be $7 below the ratio at the moment. Gold has tracked this ratio for the last 15 months step for step. If the ratio holds 80 $USD will yield $1500 +/- Gold (likewise if the 110 $USD will yield $1090 +/-). So if you anticipate in your post a $100 dollar drop in Gold (ie $1200) it would likely mean an increase in the $USD near 100 unless the ratio breaks.

IMO the correlation needs to break for there to be a bullish /bearish market in Gold otherwise it is simply currency movement (purchasing power of the $US).