XAUUSD: Sell signal after this 4H MA50 bearish breakout.Gold has turned bearish on its 4H technical outlook (RSI = 42.104, MACD = 6.500, ADX = 34.412) as it crossed today under its 4H MA50. This is the first time it does so after going that high since April 22nd. That was the start and validated sell signal for the Bearish Wave of the Channel Up. Consequently, we go short on Gold, aiming like then, at a -5.20% decline (TP = 2,325). This could contact the 1D MA50 too.
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XAUUSD: 4H Golden Cross since February.Gold is bullish on the 1D technical outlook (RSI = 62.834, MACD = 24.030, ADX = 26.032) and on the 4H formed the first Golden Cross since February 28th. Last time this sparked a very aggressive rise with the 4H supporting. We are targeting the top of the long term Channel Up (TP = 2,500).
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WTI CRUDE OIL: Selling until the end of the month.WTI Crude Oil is bearish on its 1D technical outlook (RSI = 35.492, MACD = -1.060, ADX = 41.641) as it got rejected on the 1D MA200 today. The longer it remains under the 1D MA50, the stronger the selling will be. Being inside a Channel Down similar to October-November 2023 that extended all the way to the 1.5 Fibonacci level, we are expecting selling for the rest of the month. The 1.5 Fib is now just over the S2 level and that is our medium term target (TP = 71.50).
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XAUUSD: Overbought but still bullish above the 4H MA100.Gold is overbought on its 1D technical outlook (RSI = 75.650, MACD = 67.600, ADX = 69.434) and appears to be unphazed by the recent rejection at the top of the Channel Up that pulled back to the 4H MA50. This is basically a consolidation that can be evolved to a similar pattern with March's. It was the 4H MA100 that held it on an uptrend at the time and has been holding since February 23rd. We remain bullish as long as it continues to hold, targeting the top of the Channel on a +10.54% increase (TP = 2,550). If the 4H MA100 is crossed, we will go short aiming at the 1D MA50 (TP = 2,220).
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WTI CRUDE OIL: Going to $100 by end of May.WTI Crude Oil is on very healthy bullish levels on the 1D time-frame (RSI = 63.780, MACD = 1.930, ADX = 37.316) as well as on 1W (RSI = 60.882). This supports the notion that until 1W turns overbought, the 1D can continue to sustain the bullish sequence that started on the December 13th 2023 low. Having formed a 1D Golden Cross just this Tuesday, the last time we got that formation was on August 22nd 2023.
You can see that WTI was within the 0.5 - 0.618 Fibonacci range then and immediately rallied after the Cross to complete a +49.50% rise from the bottom. We expect a similar trend reaction and we are targeting slightly under the symmetric +49.50% mark (TP = 100.00).
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XAUUSD: There is nothing to stop it from reaching 2,800Gold is overbought on all long term timeframes, 1D (RSI = 79.774, MACD = 65.910, ADX = 64.635), 1W (RSI = 78.920, MACD = 78.590, ADX = 45.450) even on the 1M technical outlook (RSI = 72.546, MACD = 91.920, ADX = 43.804). This doesn't mean that a technical correction is bound to come soon but on the contrary that this is a very strong cyclical trend that is more likely to continue.
The prevailing pattern is a Channel Up that started on the August 2018 bottom. Currently the price has crossed over the Channel's middle and proportionally we are on a similar situation as February 2020. Ignoring March's COVID crash, Gold extended its rise after a consolidation above the Channel's middle and then peaked at +77.21% from the bottom. Consequently we expect an aggressive rise on this second half of the Channel and we are targeting near its top, close to +77.21% (TP = 2,800).
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WTI CRUDE OIL: Starting a new Bull Cycle. $200 possible.WTI Crude Oil appears to have completed a multi decade Bear Cycle that started during the 2008 subprime crisis. Such long term trends and patterns can only be viewed on monthly timeframes and for this analysis we have chosen the 3M. Technically Oil is only neutral on its 1M technical outlook (RSI = 54.985, MACD = 2.990, ADX = 14.499), which indicates its strong long term bullish potential.
As you can see both on RSI terms and pure candle action, Oil seems to be making a bullish reversal after the decline in early 2022, as it held the 3M MA50 on consecutive tests. This price action is very much like the January 2002 rebound, which evolved into a six year Channel Up towards the All Time High of the 2008 Crisis. See how before the 3M MA50 rebound, both patterns rebounded on their 3M MA200. We have to filter out the March-April 2020 monumental collapse to even negative price levels amidts the OPEC-Russia production war.
Both eras lasted for approximately the same time: 5571 days now as opposed to 5844 days in the past. This remarkable symmetry can lead us to a Channel Up rally well above $200 in the next 6 years. Even though fundamentally less realistic based on the current news structure, this is definitely technically plausible, in fact for us is a very probable reality, especially if inflation eventually starts picking up pace again.
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XAUUSD: Can it really target 2,850 by the end of the year??Gold is vastly overbought on its 1D technical outlook (RSI = 80.447, MACD = 42.840, ADX = 50.847) and the reason is that since last month's (March) breakout and monthly closing above the 2020 Resistance, it started a new bullish hyper Cycle. It is overbought on the 1W RSI also (74.802) while the monthly (1M) is only a fraction away too (RSI = 69.871). This is a heavily aggressive long term trend that until its peak won't offer many pullbacks and those will be limited.
This 1M chart shows that according to the 1M RSI we're where Gold was on the August 2019 breakout on the previous Cycle. Before that both patterns pulled back and held the 1M MA50 and 0.5 Fibonacci level. The rally that followed the breakout, peaked at +98.09% from the bottom (Fib extension 3.0). The current pattern is at +25% since the 1M MA50 and 0.5 Fib rebound and another +25% until the end of the year would also complete +98.09% from the bottom. Our end of year Target is exactly on that level (TP = 2,850).
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XAUUSD: Overbought and in need of a correction.Gold is vastly overbought on the 1D timeframe (RSI = 80.321, MACD = 21.500, ADX = 21.500) with the recent rally hitting the top of the HH trendline of candle bodies of the four month Channel Up. The 4H RSI is displaying a massively overbought sideways structure which since October has marked market tops. The corrections that followed these three peaks ranged from -4% to -5.60%. Consequently our bearish target is a minimum of -4.00% decline on the 4H MA200 (TP = 2,070).
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THE KOG REPORTTHE KOG REPORT
In last week’s KOG Report we said we were on the flip again so would be looking for price to target that 2030-28 level at some point early week before then looking for an opportunity to long the market into the 2040-45 region with extension into 2050. It was this region we said we would ideally want to hold any short trades down if we got the reaction that we wanted, however, during the move into resistance, we suggested traders trade it level to level as the reaction was controlled and exit at the support level. It was here, after taking the move down, then up and scalping it down again, identifying the perfect opportunity to long, we unfortunately put a risk on longs due to the news release on Friday. So although we did well on Gold, we missed the final move up to where we closed, better to be safe than sorry I guess.
So, what can we expect in the week ahead?
This week we would say caution on the markets, they’re extreme and stretched with sentiment also approaching extreme levels. We’re a bit high here to even consider going long in the early sessions, so for that reason, we would suggest looking for the price to target the higher order region and looking for a reaction in price, if there is a confirmed set up, we feel an opportunity to short the market into the 2070 and below that 2065 region are available. It is this support region 2060-65 and below that 2055 that need to be monitored, holding above should allow us to get in on the swing into the higher levels firstly 2095 and them above that 2120!
What we want to see this week is if the order region 2085-80 becomes a support level for gold for the coming weeks. If so, it’s likely we’re to see higher pricing with the higher target levels not a huge distance away. This is something that can only be monitored on the structure and formations of the market when it opens and settles, otherwise we will need to trade the immediate levels and take it how we see it as we usually do.
Simple on this week, on open, look higher for the short trade, if we support below at the intra-day levels, it's a long, if we break, we correct the whole move!
KOG’s bias for the week:
Bullish above 2065 with targets above 2093, 2095 and above that 2120
Bearish on break of 2065 with targets below 2045
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XAUUSD: LH on the Channel Down formed.Gold has reached the top of the 4H Channel Down pattern, while the 4H MA50 and the 4H MA200 just formed a Golden Cross. Despite that, and as long as the 1D technical outlook isn't bullish (RSI = 54.450, MACD = -0.200, ADX = 28.783) but more importantly the price is inside the Channel Down, the sentiment remains bearish. The 4H RSI is on the same kind of Bearish Divergence as it was on all prior LH tops, which prompts to the strongest sell signal possible on the medium-term aimed at the S2 level (TP = 1,975), potentially a -3.95% decline as the last LL.
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NATURAL GAS: Ahead of a 12 month Bull Market at least.Natural Gas is on a very sharp four month decline after failing to cross over the 1M MA50, the second most aggressive four month drop so far in the past 19 years. Since the July 2008 High, the market is trading inside a Channel Down and this sharp decline is technically the final phase of the Bearish Wave to a LL at the bottom of the Channel Down. That means that a long term buy opportunity is gradually approaching and we are estimating a fair target level to be 1.400 unless the 1M RSI touches the 15 year Buy Zone earlier. Every bottom rebound extended initially to at least +134% and that is our target (TP = 3.100) for the next 12 months. It will also be a potential test of the 1M MA200.
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XAUUSD: Channel Down making a Lower High. Bearish.Gold is on the third bullish 1D candle in a row. That is after the Channel Down made a LL on the 1D MA100 and formed the current bullish wave. The 1D MA50 has been rejecting every breakout attempt since February 7th and is the ideal LH level. Having turned neutral on the 1D technical outlook (RSI = 48.139, MACD = -7.100, ADX = 31.092), this is the ideal level to start selling again with a max tolerance level the top of the Channel Down. The sell signal will be confirmed after the 1D RSI crosses under the MA trendling again. We are bearish targeting the S1 level and 1D MA200 (TP = 1,975).
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WTI CRUDE OIL: Still bullish medium term to 83.50.WTI Crude Oil is on a healthy bullish 1D technical outlook (RSI = 61.125, MACD = 0.800, ADX = 42.762), crossing today over the 1D MA200 for the first time in February. 79.75 (R1) is the first Resistance level but once the 1D MA50 broke (as we stated on our prior idea), the target is at least 83.50 (TP), which is what WTI delivered on the August 10th 2023 and April 12 2023 rallies.
It is interesting to point out how strong of a Support the 1W MA200 has been acting those past few years and was the level that initiated February's (current) rebound.
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XAUUSD: Bearish Wave underway to 1,975.Gold is about to cross from a neutral technical 1D outlook (RSI = 45.543, MACD = -1.200, ADX = 26.629) to a bearish one as it got rejected on the 1D MA50, under which it will close for the third straight 1D candle. The 1D RSI suggests that this is a very slow medium term decline, as is evident by the 6 week Channel Down, that in the near term it will find a bottom.
That can potentially be near the 1D MA200 and on the short term we remain bearish, targeting the S1 level (TP1 = 2,005) initially and in extension, if Gold closes a 1D candle under the 1D MA100, sell again aiming for the LL trendline of the Channel Down (TP2 = 1,975) near the S2 level and over the 1D MA200.
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NATURAL GAS: Buy opportunity near oversold levels.Natural Gas is almost oversold on its 1D technical outlook (RSI = 33.738, MACD = -0.139, ADX = 32.983) right at the bottom of the three month Channel Down. Last time the 1D RSI dipped under 30.000 (oversold level), the LL was formed, the Channel Down bottomed and posted a strong December-January rally. Due to the long term bearish trend on NG, we don't expect such a rally this time but the price is low enough to justify a short term buy to test the 1D MA50 (TP = 2.500).
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XAUUSD: Rejection at the top of the Channel Down.Gold is neutral on the 1D technical outlook (RSI = 56.363, MACD = 190.210, ADX = 36.018) with a 4H RSI that turned overbought at 70.000 intraday. This just so happened to take place exactly at the LH trendline of the monthly Channel Down as long as daily closes under the R1 level (2,062.00), the medium term trend remains bearish. Two short entries are recommended here, one to target towards the S1 level (TP1 = 2,005) and the other the bottom of the Channel Down and near the S2 level (TP2 = 1,980). The latter will be closed earlier if the price breaks over the 4H MA50 before hitting the target.
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XAGUSD: Neutral on 1D. Use this LH trendline to trade.Silver is on a neutral 1D technical outlook (RSI = 45.485, MACD = -0.282, ADX = 24.810) as despite a straight downtrend since December 22nd 2023, it has registered three successive green 1D candles that pushed the price over the LH trendline of the December 4th 2023 High and the 0.382 Fibonacci retracement level. Technically, if the price stays over the LH trendline, it is a buy as every time it breached the 0.382 Fibonacci level, it rebounded over the 0.5 Fibonacci again (our TP = 23.750), except for September 29th 2023. Consequently if it crosses back under the LH trendline again, we will short and target the long term HL trendline (TP = 21.200).
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WTI CRUDE OIL: Targeting the 1D MA50.WTI Crude Oil is rebounding today aggressively after hitting and holding the 1W MA200, which as we've discussed on our channel, has been the long term Support since February 1st 2021. The rebound has turned the 1D technical outlook neutral (RSI = 47.857, MACD = -0.970, ADX = 22.204) but the 1D RSI is inside a Channel Up, which indicates that there might be a hidden bullish divergence for the long term.
Nevertheless, we cannot discuss any +25% to +30% moves as those in April and July 2023 unless the 1D MA50 breaks. Until then, we will focus on the short term and aim just under the 1D MA50 (TP = 74.50).
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WTI CRUDE OIL: Bearish until the 1D MA50 breaks.WTI Crude Oil broke yesterday over the two month Channel Down but the 1D candle closed back inside it and today is turning into a red session so far. The 1D technical outlook is barely neutral (RSI = 50.474, MACD = -0.620, ADX = 28.954), indicating no clear direction. We shouldn't technically see a sustainable bullish extension before the market closes a 1D candle over the 1D MA50, which was the case on April 3rd and July 5th. All other occasions failed and reversed back to the 1W MA200.
Consequently until the 1D MA50 is crossed, we will sell and target the 1W MA200 (TP = 71.00). If the 1D MA50 breaks, we will buy and target the symmetrical R level (TP = 83.50).
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XAUUSD: Hit the top of the Channel Down.Gold reached the top of the ATH Channel Down and so far is being rejected. Turning bullish on its 1D technical outlook (RSI = 57.506, MACD = 11.660, ADX = 41.229) means that it is not unlikely for the top to break but we will engage (buy) only if the R1 level (2,048) breaks and target the R2 level (TP = 2,090). Until this happens, we will use the rejection to short and target the S1 level (TP = 1,972.50).
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COPPER: Long term sell signalCopper is bullish on its 1D technical outlook (RSI = 59.350, MACD = 0.033, ADX = 19.471) as it is at the top of the 2023 Channel Down, but having failed to cross over it, opens the way for a big decline in the first quarter of 2024. As you can see the Channel Down that started last January looks very similar to the one in 2012/13. Both emerged after a Global peak and then rejection to an oversold 1W RSI bottom.
It is very interesting how similar the ranges are, both Channel Down bearish legs have been around -18.50%. We are turning bearish on the most optimal technical level and aim for another -18.50% decline (TP = 3.2500) or up when the 1W RSI gets oversold (under 30.000).
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NATURAL GAS: Long term Cycles target 1.400.Natural Gas is very consistent with its long term patterns and in particular Cycles that have been in effect since the 2008 crisis. The dominant pattern since then has been a Channel Down and with the application of the Fibonacci levels we get a good understanding of the Cyclical phases. We need to look at the 1W timeframe for that, where the technical is already bearish (RSI = 40.467, MACD = 0.009, ADX = 38.451), recently rejected near the 1W MA200 and now under the 1W MA50.
We can see another three patterns with declines under the 1W MA50 after a 1W Death Cross formation. All pushed near the bottom of the Channel Down, with only the 2009-2012 taking longer. Every monthly rally is a sell entry for us from now on (TP = 1.400).
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