Not much has changed in the gold world, as rally attempts are immediately met at the door by sellers. Thereappears to be no hope for the metals. Even Vanguard is throwing in the towel onone of its gold funds. All hope is lost...or is it?
Like with any market, the metalsmarkets go through different phases and trends. The trend is down and untilthere is a reason to believe that has changed, sellers will continue to be thestrong hands. There will be rallies which will continue to be sold because ofthe phase the metals are in now.
However, all hope is not lost.Like all markets, the strong hands will change and the metals will rise again,but until then the only logical place to be is short or neutral and observing.The key levels remain at $1,180 support and $1,240 resistance and until goldcloses above or below one of these levels, we will remain neutral andobserving.
There are two major announcementsthis week, and either one can push gold through support of resistance-the FOMCon Wednesday and jobs report on Friday. I expect to see a dead-cat bounce inthe next day or two, but until this range is broken, the bears are in control.
By Todd 'Bubba' HorwitzContributing tokitco.com
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