Short interest in some larger gold miners has increased a lot in the last 6-8 weeks.
This January 5th, 2021 article cited 30% or larger increases in short interest in some gold mining stocks and since then paper gold prices have been smashed even more https://m.investing.com/news/stock-ma...
Fred Hickey analysis of latest gold commitment of traders (COT): https://twitter.com/htsfhickey/status...
Meanwhile, US Mint Sales are 700% higher (in US Dollar amount) since last year and central bank are net buyers of gold again since November: Six Central Banks Increased Gold Reserves in November https://schiffgold.com/key-gold-news/...
Bottom Line: Many gold miners and gold stocks are back to valuations when gold prices were around $1500 to $1600/oz and with short interest much higher in many large gold miners than 6-8 weeks ago, a large short squeeze in gold miners is setting up for when gold prices rally over $2k/oz again.
Chart of Newmont Mining, Agnico Eagle Mining and gold mining indexes (GOAU, SGDM, GDX, SGDJ) over the last 6 months: https://www.tradingview.com/x/T6JKsOOC/
Top 10 List of things for gold investors to watch in 2021: https://sprott.com/insights/sprott-mo...
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