On Thursday, the bottoms held ingold and the metal rallied over $15, going back above $1,300. The bounce wasexpected based on the pattern that gold had been trading the last couple ofweeks. The $1,280 level held, and the rally was on as gold looks to make a runat $1,320.
Did the cancelling of the NorthKorean summit help gold prices? In our opinion, the answer would be no; goldappeared to be ready to rally well before the announcement. Gold continueshigher this morning as it heads towards the next resistance level of $1,320.
Traders and investors like tosearch for reasons that markets sell off or rally, but the fact is gold wastechnically ready to rally, which is exactly what it did. Remember, all marketstrade on technicals and money flow, not the news. Follow the market footprint,which will tell you the news before it comes out.
By Todd 'Bubba' HorwitzContributing tokitco.com
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