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To say it was a
volatile week would be an understatement. Wild, fast swings of 400 points or
more in the Dow is something we rarely see. In this type of market avoidance is
the goal for most including us.
While
our dividend paying stocks are holding up well and our mining portfolio is
also doing well for the most part with a few soaring with the rise in
gold. We’ve been in cash
the whole week in our swing trading portfolio and we’re bidding our
time letting the game come to us.
We
like to take on trades that will last at least a few days or weeks, not
minutes. That being said, with
the volatility and lack of action I’ve decided to take on a challenge. The 1k Challenge.
The
idea is that I’ll be using Twitter to send out real time buys and sells
that I am doing with an initial 1k.
I’m
not advocating anyone else try to follow me, rather observe. But of course if you do, and make some
money, good for you.
It’s
not much to begin with but if I get a few things right it could grow
quickly. I’m not advocating
that anyone follow my trades, rather I’m just going to see what I can
do with a small amount in this type of market for fun, and hopefully some
nice profits.
I’ll
be using options mostly and employing all I know about trading and trying to
teach some along the way and just have the process documented in the open for
everyone to see if they so choose, for free.
Whether
it goes well or not I don’t know.
It’s entirely possible that I lose the 1k, but it’s also
possible that if I get a bit lucky and choose my trades selectively that it
could turn into a large amount in this type of market environment.
I
hope you follow along and see how this fun little challenge goes. You can follow me on Twitter at iTraderz.
We
saw an awesome surge in gold as it was the safe haven of choice for a part of
the week before getting hit with a much needed correction.
Fears
over debt, but really overspending from governments worldwide is spreading
and it’s not hard to envision where we’re going. Overspending leads to bankruptcy every
single time and I don’t see any way out.
While
Alan Greenspan foolishly says the US cannot default on it’s debt since they can print money,
printing money to pay off your debts is defaulting as more money printing
does nothing but devalue a currency until it’s worthless.
We’ve
all seen pictures of billion dollar bills and wheelbarrows of cash being
burned as it’s worth less that firewood. That is where the US Dollar is heading
sadly, although the inevitable conclusion is being postponed with
unquestionable skill.
There
really isn’t another currency that can replace it as the world’s
reserve currency yet so until we see one emerge or be created we’ll
likely be stuck with a perpetually devalued US Dollar.
If
you look into the books of history you’ll quickly discover that fiat
currencies, backed by nothing, hence creation eventually becomes limitless
and uninhibited, usually last about 40 years or so.
Funny
enough, the current fiat system the US operates on, called the Bretton Woods
system where gold no longer back the US dollar is celebrating it’s
40th birthday Monday, August 15th.
Happy
birthday fiat currency!
Metals
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Even
with gold being hit hard late in the week it was up 5.08% for the week. I suggested early in the week that
gold moving out and above of this steeply rising channel was cause for pause. We saw a nice spike higher above
$1,800 briefly and now we’re seeing a nice needed rest.
Nothing
goes straight up everyday and if it does then
it’s time to begin selling it.
I’m
happy to see this correction, although it was induced by the raising of margins on gold futures ,
up 22%. It’s not
really fair as gold really wan’t rising by an
out of control pace at all but the boys behind the scenes will always be
there playing their games and hurting the general investing public.
The
public generally won’t often be short gold, only the professionals so
it’s not too hard to see who’s on who’s team here. It doesn’t mater
though as long as you hold physical precious metals you can ignore these
foolish games.
Chances
of a further retracement to the lower end of the channel where the 21 day
moving average lies is high.
Looking
at the GLD ETF volume it’s telling me we’re not in for a huge down-move,
rather a healthy one down to around $1,700 for a brief time.
Silver
managed to eek up 1.93% this past week. Silver is still trading in a large
triangle pattern here and should move one way or another very soon.
We’re
seeing the confluence of the 21, 50 and 100 day moving averages here and a
powerful move can begin from such a strong area of support
The
SLV ETF shows volume decreasing this past week which is typical of a market
about to move. By Friday volume
had all but dried up so we should see a break very soon.
Platinum
finished the week higher by 4.56%.
The volatility we’ve seen in platinum lately is amazing. $100 swings in a day are going to
become more common and then we can see it recover almost as quickly.
Volatility
is great as it just means things are moving which means you can make money
but the extreme speed we’re seeing things move lately is not for the
slow or faint of heart.
That’s
why I came up with the 1k Challenge.
I think it will be fun to let everyone see how to hopefully take
advantage of this volatility and put it to work for you.
The
PPLT ETF saw large volume as price recovered from the slam late in the
previous week.
A
break above the descending trend-line around $1,780 would be a good start of
a breakout higher if volume is large and a confirmation move above resistance
at $1,820 would also be nice to see.
Palladium
rose 0.41% for the week and really has a strange looking chart on this
timeframe. Most recently off the
low we’re seeking a potential bear flag pattern which could lead to
lower prices but on a longer term chart it looks like a wide base is been built with the lower
end at $700 and the upper end at $850.
That
being said you could probably try and trade that base and buy the lows and
sell the highs but if that base is broken where palladium moves above $850 on
volume that would be a significant breakout higher and would be an absolute
buy, unless price retraced and showed us a failed breakout.
We
really didn’t see much volume come into the PAAL ETF after the huge
slam in price. This lack of
volume makes me slightly nervous and I’d be even more nervous if I had
a position on in palladium.
Fundamental
Review
The
Federal Reserve announcement to keep rates low for two years
is no real shock and neither is their consideration of taking further steps
to help the economy grow.
I
hate to break it to you but if the fed hadn’t been intervening for at
least the last few years since 2008, we would have been recovered and
actually growing by now. Nothing
is great all the time.
Economies
need cool periods, or recession to stay healthy in the long run. Sometimes you just have to let them
happen as it washed out the bad and makes the good stronger.
But
that’s not how it is. These
individuals think they are masters of the universe and can control
everything. Every time throughout
history a scene eerily similar to that of today has arisen and every single
time they thought they were different, but they weren’t, and
they’re not now either.
The
SEC is investigating any possible leaks before
the US debt downgrade was released
publicly. It was pretty obvious
that people knew beforehand and were selling in advance. We just read the charts and we in cash
in the swing trading portfolio then we took advantage of the crash and went
short.
Much
of Europe enacted a temporary short selling ban much
the same as the US did during the crash of 2008. That means stocks will have a hard
time falling, but it doesn’t mean they’ll soar either.
This
past week saw investors withdraw the most money from stocks funds since 2008. While a short selling ban will help
stabilize markets and we’ve seen some strength late last week, the
volume is absolutely absent and that is what you need for a market to truly rise.
Be
careful, as the bottom may not be in until we see a high volume move up
although as I mentioned last Monday, seeing the S&P index down 6.66% that
day seemed like signal that it was the low and so far it’s been correct.
Central
banks across the globe are continuing their moves into gold. This time South Korea added 25 tonnes to their hoard
and Thailand added 17 tonnes.
While
some countries are buying gold, others are simply ramping up production and
China leads the pack. They produced 160 tonnes during the first half of 2011
and likely bought a good chunk of it for their treasury, but it’s
won’t be reported until well after the fact.
We
only saw one bank fail this past week to join this years small list of biggest
losers.
In
this
video Dylan Ratigan blows a gasket. It’s a great video that makes
some great points. I don’t
like talking about politics much since it’s just hot air and wasteful
for the most part but this video is well worth watching and it’s
true. Congress has been bought
for a long time.
Here
is another video entitled “Eat
The Rich” which shows how no matter how much the US takes
from you they still can’t run a fiscally sound operation.
Let’s
call it a day and the end to a wild week and hit the beach for one of the
last times this summer before fall begins to set in.
Until
next week take care and thank you for reading.
Warren Bevan
www.preciousmetalstockreview.com
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