Gold and Silver Current Thoughts 3-24-2015

From the Trading Desk

Since the Federal Open Market Committee meeting last Wednesday, gold has traded higher for five consecutive sessions.  With a strong weekly close on Friday, it finished out the week trading above double top resistance at $1,175.  Its ascent has continued so far this week with the psychological level of $1,200 as the next near term target to watch for to the upside.  Silver’s move has been even more impressive than that of gold.  Since Wednesday of last week, silver is up nearly 10%.  It moved easily through its 100 and then 50 day moving average and if it can close above $17, there is no major technical resistance until the 200 day moving average at $17.82.  While silver tested its 200 day moving average four days in a row in January, it hasn’t achieved a close above this key technical indicator since August of 2014.

The dovish FOMC meeting last Wednesday was followed up yesterday by commentary from Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer that further encouraged precious metals longs to add to positions.  Fischer acknowledged that raising interest rates will likely be warranted before the end of the year but remarked that there are no plans for it to be a steady rise.  This is because a steady path of interest rate rises does not factor in economic surprises such as the plunge in oil prices or geopolitical concerns.

Today wasn’t a great day to trade much of anything. Recognizing this is important so you don’t churn your account. The data didn’t do much to help or hurt the markets today. Tomorrow’s durable good report may not do much either as we wait for Thursday’s job numbers and Friday’s GDP report. All is well in the economy, right?  We also get consumer sentiment Friday and Fed Chair Janet Yellen speak late afternoon after the markets close.

Wasn’t a big moving day for the metals but they did move higher and it was a rather choppy day for the mining ETFs as they closed about where they opened. Nonetheless, JNUG did eke out a small gain to close at 22.40, up from just under 18 on this this move. It looks to me like it is gearing up for a move but may be dependent on what the dollar does as it moved back above 97 on the Index. If we get a move higher again in the dollar, it may bring this move higher to a sooner than expected close. JDST fell again as has been the trend. I’d need to see a move above 9.83 to have an conviction that it is back in play. JNUG is still on course to hit 25 where it may find some resistance. Move your stops up to 21.25.

First sign of weakness for gold will be a fall below its 10 day moving average of  $1,161.20. For silver a fall below its 10 day moving average of 15.88 is the spot to watch.

Market seems a little toppy right now for stocks and TNA had a 4 cent loss. Yesterday I said to look for a sustained move above 9.93 for TZA and that seemed to provide resistance. Tomorrow see if TZA can muster a move past 9.93 and especially 10.12. Bulls can’t always run and sometimes need to take a breather. I just try to make you aware of what I see so you can take profit. That’s the name of the game!

Oil and UWTI started the day off nicely, but spent the rest of the day in a downward trend after a push to a higher high that trapped some bulls on a fake breakout. UWTI closed up only a penny. DWTI had a tight range it traded between all day and really couldn’t gain momentum. Jury is out on these tomorrow. Look to the dollar for some answers on which way to trade.

UGAZ did join the lower dollar rally finally, but closed lower than the open and only moved up 4.60%. This isn’t a move as much as it is a counter trend rally. Probably won’t get much action until the storage report Thursday, but keep an eye on it as at some point it will develop into a nice swing trade. For now it is still not attractive to me. Both UGAZ and DGAZ had terrible volume which shows that traders are looking for the action, not these two dogs.

Volatility was down yet again with UVXY hitting another 52 week low. It bounced 50 cents late in the day and a further dip is setting us up for a real nice move as long as we get some uncertainty in the markets. It could coincide with an overall market downturn. SVXY had another nice day and I’d think about taking profit soon on it.

One might have got a trade out of RUSL today, but yesterday I said these two are playing leap frog with each other and aren’t really attractive yet. I do note that today’s 7.12% move higher in RUSL is worthy of mentioning and if I was in it I would once again look to see if it breaks out. It could very well move to 23.91 from here. Just use a stop and you’ll maybe get a couple points out of it. RUSL is close to under 12 again and is always an attractive play under 12. Keep an eye on an overall market pullback here in the U.S. to possibly give you direction.

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