Chart usGOLD   Chart usSILVER  
 
Food for thought
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the banks
Lord Acton  
Search for :
LATEST NEWS  :
MINING STOCKS  :
Subscribe
Write Us
Add to Google
Search on Ebay :
PRECIOUS METALS (US $)
Gold 1385.6022.80
Silver 22.410.19
Platinum 1451.00-9.50
Palladium 737.60-4.65
WORLD MARKETS
DOWJONES 15205-95
NASDAQ 3434-30
NIKKEI 14484-1143
ASX 5041-101
CAC 40 3946-105
DAX 8295-236
HUI 2614
XAU 97-3
CURRENCIES (€)
AUS $ 1.3304
CAN $ 1.3349
US $ 1.2910
GBP (£) 0.8565
Sw Fr 1.2503
YEN 131.2540
CURRENCIES ($)
AUS $ 1.0307
CAN $ 1.0333
Euro 0.7748
GBP (£) 0.6635
Sw Fr 0.9682
YEN 101.5910
RATIOS & INDEXES
Gold / Silver61.83
Gold / Oil14.43
Dowjones / Gold10.97
COMMODITIES
Copper 3.27-0.10
WTI Oil 96.05-0.11
Nat. Gas 4.16-0.02
Market Indices
Metal Prices
RSS
Precious Metals
Graph Generator
Statistics by Country
Statistics by Metals
Advertise on 24hGold
Projects on Google Earth
In the same category 
Gold is at or Very Near, a Long-Term Bottom
Published : May 08th, 2012
723 words - Reading time : 1 - 2 minutes
( 3 votes, 4.7/5 ) Print article
 
    Comments    
Tweet
Keywords :   B-wave | Dollar Index | Gold | Signal |

 

 

 

 

I am making Monday's premium report available to the public.

I doubt anyone was surprised by the reversal in the dollar index today.





It’s been made painfully clear that Bernanke is not going to tolerate a rising dollar, at least not for very long. Cycles are still working, and still generating bounces out of daily cycle lows, but they are never allowed to get any traction before the next beat down starts.

I would say there’s a pretty good chance that today’s reversal is signaling that the current daily cycle topped on day four, and the pattern of lower lows and lower highs is still intact.

Presumably the dollar will now start to decline and penetrate the May 1st intraday low before the next significant bounce. The daily cycle timing bands have adhered pretty closely to standard durations in the dollar index. I don’t see any indication that has changed, so we can probably expect the next significant bounce sometime around the last week of May.

Stocks:
If the dollar cycle has topped then the half cycle low scenario is still on the table.



 

In this scenario the stock market is on day 19 of its daily cycle and due to form a half cycle low at any time. As most of you probably remember, I’ve been expecting an extended consolidation in the general stock market. A dollar cycle topping on day 4 and a half cycle low on day 19 would be consistent with that theory.

If by some chance the dollar can recover and continue to rally for a few more days it could force stocks to penetrate the April 10th low. In that scenario I would re-phase of the daily and intermediate cycles as shown in the chart below.



 

At the moment I have no idea which scenario has greater odds of playing out, although I must admit the reversal today does not look good for the dollar.

Gold:
In my opinion gold is trying to move down into one more failed and left translated daily cycle, which I’m pretty confident would mark an intermediate degree bottom. However, as you can see from the chart below, as soon as Bernanke broke the dollar rally gold lost all of its downside momentum.



 

This has turned gold’s B-Wave decline into a mostly sideways consolidation for the last two months. If the dollar has indeed topped then I have my doubts that gold will be able to finish its intermediate decline and penetrate the April 4 low. The fact that the current daily cycle is running out of time may indicate that we are going to have to leave the April 4 low as an early intermediate bottom.



 

I would prefer to see gold drop down and penetrate $1612 as it would make the intermediate cycle count “fit” better. I know that’s not what most of you would like to see. Most of you probably just want the draw down to end as quickly as possible. I on the other hand understand that this is a secular bull market and that this is going to be a winning trade (well unless the bull market has ended). So I’m not overly worried about a draw down. In a bull market timing mistakes get corrected.

To me a move below $1612 means that we didn’t waste an entire daily cycle on a sideways consolidation and that we have all of a new intermediate cycle still ahead of us. That’s why I would prefer to see gold poke through the April 4 low. It would signal that we have more time to rally, an entire daily cycle more.

So even though we weren’t able to time a perfect bottom, I’m confident that we have entered “close enough” and when the regression to the mean occurs, and it always eventually does, our mining positions are going to deliver a very hefty profit.

Heck, if one was willing to just turn their computer off and wait for the bubble phase of the bull market, our current positions are probably set up to deliver a 500-1000 percent gain. Of course the cost is that you have to ignore the market and go on with your life for the next several years.

When you think about it, that’s a pretty good bargain.
Do absolutely nothing, and get rich doing it.

 

 

 

Tweet
Rate :Average note :4.7 (3 votes)View Top rated
Previous article by
Toby Connor
All articles by
Toby Connor
Next article by
Toby Connor
Receive by mail the latest articles by this author  
Latest comment posted for this article
Be the first to comment
Add your comment
TOP ARTICLES
MOST READ
TOP RATED
MOST COMMENTED
Editor's picks
RSS feed24hGold Mobile
Gold Data CenterGold & Silver Converter
Gold coins on eBaySilver coins on eBay
Technical AnalysisFundamental Analysis

Toby Connor

Toby Connor is the author of Gold Scents, a financial blog with a special emphasis on the gold secular bull market. Toby's premium service includes daily reports and an extensive weekend report.
Toby Connor ArchiveWebsite
Most recent articles by Toby Connor
5/9/2013
5/1/2013
4/20/2013
4/17/2013
3/29/2013
All Articles
Comment this article
You must be logged in to comment an article8000 characters max.
 
Sign in
User : Password : Login
Sign In Forgot password?
 
Receive 24hGold's Daily Market Briefing in your inbox. Go here to subscribe or unsubscribe.
Disclaimer