For the last couple of weeks, wehave written about the torture of consolidating markets. Monday proved onceagain how challenging they are. After rallying early to $1,353, gold spent therest of the day giving back gains and although it closed higher on the day, goldlooked weak.
Silver is in the same boat as gold;every rally is met by sellers. There is a unique pattern developing in themetals. Although they have been unable to break out to the upside, the factthat they are making higher lows and narrowing the range sets the metals up fora big move.
Based on the higher lows and theascending pattern, the big move should be up. However, in this pattern, failureto take out the top could lead to a big fall, which brings us back to thetorture of consolidation. We are observing the metals and waiting for a solidfootprint before making our next move.
Keep those stops tight.
By Todd 'Bubba' HorwitzContributing tokitco.com
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