Gold bulls have to be nimble on the hoof these days!
Whilst the medium term trend for gold is certainly bearish, and indeed has become ever more so following the break below the key support level […]
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Gold crashes through the technical tipping point
In the last few days, I suggested the precious metal was looking weak and was approaching some key levels. Yesterday was a particularly torrid day, […]
WTI still bearish
The December contract for WTI continues its heavily bearish tone with the contract moving lower once again in yesterday’s oil trading session to close at […]
Gold picture looking bleak
It’s not been an easy time for gold bugs who are, once again, running out of hope that the precious metal will ever show any […]
Appeal for help following Typhoon Haiyan
Please make a donation NOW Many of you reading this post, will already be aware of the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan which hit the […]
Emotional times for gold traders!
For gold bugs the past few weeks have been a roller coaster of emotions, with the gold price first recovering strongly from the low of […]
Crude oil continues lower, not helped by the fundamentals!
Crude oil continued its bearish tone once again last week, closing the oil trading session on Friday at $94.61 per barrel for the December futures […]
Gold bugs cheered, but for how much longer?
The last two weeks have been positive ones, and not just for equities, as gold bugs finally found something to celebrate with a return of […]
CAD/JPY moving to test support on the weekly chart
Whilst the relationship between the US dollar and oil appears to have broken down, one that continues to remain in place is that between oil […]
Crude oil futures remain bearish on the daily chart
For commodity traders, the last few weeks have been interesting to say the least, and indeed these markets have demonstrated once again, if any further […]
Markets return to normal – but what’s normal?
With the US government shut down at an end and the debt ceiling crisis kicked into the long grass, at least for the time being, […]
A tale of two commodities – oil and gold
An interesting phase of price action for two of the most precious commodities over the last few days, with both gold and oil, testing key […]
Gold and the US dollar – back in harness?
Much as expected, and indeed as I suggested in yesterday’s post on gold, the precious metal has finally managed to find some bullish momentum, following […]
The US dollar : ‘the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated’
With the brouhaha in Washington continuing to dominate both the financial and main stream media, and the deadline for a technical US default drawing ever […]
Gold now delicately balanced on the tipping point!
For those of you who follow my regular market analysis will know that not only do I enjoy trading gold, I also enjoy writing it […]
$100 per barrel continues to hold for oil – just!
Another week of restrained price action for crude oil, with the December futures contract closing at $103.84 per barrel, up just over $1.40 per barrel […]
Where have the halcyon days of summer gone, for gold?
For commodity traders, perhaps the opening of the classic novel A Tale of Two Cities, best describes the price action for gold over the last […]
Volatility, vigilance and volume – the three V’s to success!
The new trading week and month has started on a very sour note, as markets begin to digest the implications of the impasse currently underway […]