A cup of coffee with your chart of gold?

On the weekly chart it looks like a typical cup and handle pattern forming.

Inflation is coming, there's little doubt about that. Both inflation linked and nominal bond yields are unattractive. Bitcoin is being used as an inflation hedge for those who venture into that world but many institutional investors, governments and even traditional retail investors are reluctant to go the bitcoin route which means that precious metals becomes one's inflation hedge (this excludes equities). Gold is the most notable of the precious metals.

Fundamentally gold should increase as inflation begins to spike and in the context of a low interest rate world, gold tends to be a potential strategic long term hedge.

If the dollar index starts to weaken i would also expect the price of gold to increase as people and institutions try to protect the debasement of their currency. This plays into the reflation idea.

The trading signals are also suggesting that gold has bottomed out for the time being and therefore adds credence to cup and handle pattern.

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