Hello Goldtenters !  I have followed this site for quite a while and find it to be very useful and informative and would like to thank the traders who post such excellent technical analysis here.

I retired from the CFTC a couple years ago.  Wore several hats over the years, most recently as a risk analyst monitoring the positions of the large traders in S&P futures and options, and occasionally helping out with the gold and silver traders.  Prior to that, I supervised a team of investigators analyzing trade data for fraud and other rule violations.   I for sure do not have the technical analysis skills of most of the posters here, but I do have pretty deep knowledge of the mechanics and rules of the futures and options traded on Globex at CMEGroup, so if some issue related to that comes up on the board, I may put in my two cents worth.  I am not interested in arguing about manipulation or empty delivery warehouses.

What a great thing to now be able to have a futures trading account with almost 24 hour access to the markets.  I trade pretty actively in a small account in the gold and e-mini S&P futures contracts.  With the volatility in the markets now, it is nice to have the micro futures which are very liquid and let me get in and out of positions incrementally.

So hi, and I look forward to contributing here once in a while.