Update:2:15- Moor Analytic $1315 target attained.
As we write this, Gold is on its highs at $1309.90 with room to move. It would seem buyers 2 Fridays ago were indeed trapped longs who likely sold it in the hole last Friday when the market held. We wanted a bull flag to form starting with a selloff early last week, as opposed to the one at week's end, and said as much on Aug 21st;
Ideally, over the next 3-5 days: we wanted to see Gold fill the Comex gap underneath, and in the process shaking out some weak longs and luring some shorts to pile in. First touching the $1285 area, close with a positive settlement on a lower day. Then we could see a nice orderly rally out of a bull flag. But so far that is not the case. Instead we have more buying at the top end of a range that has earmarkings of Friday's behavior.
Our time frame was good. Our order of events was not. The rally / dump 2 Fridays ago did spook us, but last Friday's sell-off and rally undid that. The Comex gap got filled underneath as we wanted, and the market closed positive on the 25th, leaving a tail of sellers trapped below. Happy to be wrong timing wise here about the momo money bailing. from the same post:
If we do not close higher today, they may bail given their gnat-like tolerance in metals. Traders with a 6 month horizon may find themselves annoyed by the funds with a 6 minute horizon right here, right now. We fear the supernova spike/reversal right here and feel the market is much more likely to extend higher on a more sustainable basis if it consolidates a bit here and takes out some weak longs. We prefer the market establish a base here.
Friday's spoof/spike likely shook out the weak longs that piled in prior. So we got our wish.
Next stop: according to Moor Analytics' numbers should be $1315 before we run into selling.
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Right now he views the trends ranked by time in the following manner:
- The Bear Trend of Sept 2011 started at $1911.40. Correction of that sell-off was the rally from $1046.80 to $1375.40. The rally to $1375.40 itself then corrected lower to $1124.30.
- The move higher from $1124.30 NOW is an attempt to retrace the previous move higher to $1375.40. Possible areas of exhaustion for this relief rally come in at $1314- $1323 and $1346- $1355
Which brings us to current events in the report written last night:
The decent trade back above 12920 (+ 1 tic (10 cents) per/hour) warns of decent short covering—likely back toward 13150 (+). We have seen $12.5 of this so far. This line will come in at 12948 (+1 tic per/hour starting at 8:20am). Decent trade back below will negate the short covering bias.
Implications for bulls now are to be long against $1294.80 on a rising trend line with expectations of a short covering rally closing in on $1315 as its target. As Michael's work is prone to call big macro moves quite well, we'd suspect that an eventual piercing of his $1375.40 would put us in a whole new bull market from a macro perspective. Right now his work is doing just fine conveying correction and retracement levels. The point is, these are very good trade-able levels we use for 5 to 30 day positions.
Macro Gold Report
via Michael Moor of Moor Analytics
Gold (Z) 8/28/17
On a macro basis: On a higher time frame, the move up to 13754 from 10468 in December of 2015 is a correction against the bear trend from 19114 in September 2011 down. On a medium timeframe, the move up from 11243 is a correction against the move down from 13754 on 8/2/16. Areas of possible exhaustion for this move up come in at 13143-237 and 13466-556. The maintained gap higher on 7/18 left a medium term bullish reversal intact below that warned of higher trade for days. We have seen $67.8 of this so far from (Q) into (Z) with a roughly $7 spread differential. This has been on hold since we broke below the 12978-88 and 12954-60 areas, but this is now OFF hold as we broke below the 12919 line mentioned below and back above. The solid penetration above 12417-21 warned of solid short covering in the days/weeks ahead, with a good likelihood of a run back up toward 12980 (+). We have seen $63.8 of this so far, taking out 12980 on 8/11. This has been on hold since we broke below the 12978-88 and 12954-60 areas, but this is now OFF hold as we broke below the 12919 line mentioned below and back above. Decent trade above 13193 (+1 tic (10 cents) per/hour starting at 8:20am) will project this upward $36 (+); but if we break above here decently and back below decently, look for decent profit taking. The decent trade back above 12920 (+ 1 tic (10 cents) per/hour) warns of decent short covering—likely back toward 13150 (+). We have seen $12.5 of this so far. This line will come in at 12948 (+1 tic per/hour starting at 8:20am). Decent trade back below will negate the short covering bias.
On a shorter-term basis:
The maintained gap higher on 8/17 left the short term bullish reversal warned about below, which warned of decent higher trade. We have seen $11.5 of this before backing off the high. Decent intra-day trade below 12829 will negate this definitively. I warned on 8/18 to be out of longs for the time being if we broke back below the 12978-88 and 12954-60 areas, but this is now back in play. Trade below 12813-808 is a sign of renewed weakness.
We suspect the $1315- $1323 areas Moor alludes to above are tied to a channel occurring between July and October 2016 that formed a cliff before the drop to $1124.30. Whatever the reason, that is where the next congestion lies on a weekly basis.
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