The price action for gold throughout much of November could best be described as chaotic, with volatile days of price action subsequently followed by periods of relative inactivity, only to be replaced with extreme and unpredictable swings intraday. And perhaps the place to start with any analysis for the precious metal is on the weekly chart, for a more considered view of the price action.
For gold, October could best be described as a game of two halves, with the rally of the early part of the month, now appearing to have run out to steam as the longer term bearish sentiment begins to dominate once more.
For gold bugs, yesterday’s gold trading session was another of those which promised much but delivered little, as the precious metal attempted to rally early in the session, before the weight of selling pressure overwhelmed the beleaguered bulls once more. The pattern for gold is now becoming remorseless and repetitive, with bearish sentiment now dominating, and as each rally comes and goes, the metal moves ever lower on the longer
As US markets returned to work yesterday after the long Labor day weekend, and an even longer summer, trading for gold started with a bang.
The last few days have seen some clear and unequivocal signals from the gold futures chart, that the precious metal is on the way lower, something I have been suggesting for several weeks.
Gold futures sold off sharply once again yesterday, with the precious metal plunging through the $1300 per ounce level, to close the trading session for the December contract with a wide spread down candle shedding $14 per ounce on the day.
The plunge in gold prices yesterday, rocked the markets with the precious metal shedding over $30 per ounce in the futures market as the big operators finally triggered the move in a classic pump and dump operation.
In the past couple of days we have seen extreme and unusual price activity in the December gold futures contract with yesterday’s volume exceeding that of Tuesday’s by some distance, but without the requisite move higher.
On the daily gold chart we are at an interesting phase of price action. The weakness in the price of gold has been clearly evidenced since mid March, with each rally higher petering out. This was then followed by an extended phase of price congestion which saw the precious metal oscillate between $1315 per ounce to the upside and $1280 to the downside.
For gold bugs, 2014 promised so much following its long decline in 2013, which saw the precious metal lose over $500 per ounce. The first quarter of 2014 looked promising with gold recovering $300 per ounce and climbing back to test the $1,400 per ounce level – heady days.
