On Wednesday, Gold continued to climb higher, extending its rally for a 6th straight day. On today's chart, I've put back my triple Bollinger Band setup so we can get a better idea on what price is doing. We are currently at the inner Band, which is set to 1.0 Standard Deviation from the 21 day moving average. It looks pretty certain that gold wants to move to the...
Gold closed higher today, up 12.3 points. In the first big push above the 21 day moving average, gold had started the day back under the 21 day moving average but didn't fall as far as the 6 day moving average before springing back up. The next target is up at 1269 where the upper Bollinger Band and the 200 day moving average are waiting.
Natural Gas reversed direction today and closed above the 6 and 8 day moving averages. In a statistical anomaly, and sharp reversal, price did not touch the 21 day moving average. I closed my short trade for a small loss and I am now neutral. Even though the new Heikin Ashi Delta indicator has turned blue, there is resistance directly above in the form of the the...
Gold closed up 5 points on Monday to end the day at 1234 which is above the 21 day moving average which now sits at 1228.60. Today I'd like to introduce my new chart layout which now includes a Heikin-Ashi Delta indicator which was originally developed by Mr. Dan Valcu. Based on Heikin-Ashi candles, there are 3 main components to the indicator. The first and...
Natural Gas continued to move lower and through the Ichimoku Cloud. Next stop looks like the 21 day moving average, the gold line in the middle of the cloud. Remember, hitting the 21 day moving average after a breach of the 8 day moving average, is a high statistical probability. Disclaimer: This post is for educational purposes only. Trade at your own risk.
Gold closed 6.6 points higher in the first full day of trading after the Fed announced a new interest rate hike. Price closed above many of the moving averages, including the 6, 8 50 and 100. It also closed above the 21 week moving average. In addition, as I called out yesterday, price did tag the 21 day moving average as was expected after the close above the 6...
The Fed today announced an increase in the Fed rate. This was not a surprise. What was surprising is the Gold rally that followed. In fact, Gold blasted through all resistance levels, including the 6 and 8 day moving averages, the 50 day moving average and the 21 weekly moving average. The Heikin-Ashi chart also shows a dramatic change of direction (see...
Natural Gas fell today in trading to end the day under the 6 day moving average. This could be the first sign that the bull move over the last 2 weeks is over. With price closing right at the 8 day moving average and the top of the Ichimoku Cloud, we also had the first red Heikin-Ashi candle in 9 days. My strategy calls for waiting for a close under the 8 day...
As the United States and the rest of the world wait to hear if the Fed will raise interest rates tomorrow at 2:00 pm EST, Gold continued moving sideways right at the 1200 price level. Price did remain under the 6 day moving average and under all other significant moving averages as I have been pointing out this last week. In addition, we have now finished our 10th...
Natural Gas continued its bull move up, closing above the Ichimoku Cloud. There is resistance above with the 50 day moving average and the 21 weekly moving average at 3.11 and 3.15 respectively.
As the Fed meeting is scheduled for this coming Wednesday, trading was very light today for the precious metal. Price hovered just above the 1200 mark after hitting a high of 1210.9. That price level coincided with the 6 day moving average as well as the 21 weekly moving average. You can see those levels on the chart as the purple cross and gold dot respectively....
Natural Gas continued to rise today, closing at 2.974. I admit, I closed out this trade way to early. I could have re-entered yesterday but did not want to because price ended the day at the 21 day moving average and at the top of the 3 day range. However, taking profits is never a bad thing :-). We now have 7 green heikin-ashi candles in a row. Let's see if the...
Gold slowly consolidated today after selling off 5 points at the start of the overnight session. Then at the end of the day, price fell through the magical 1200 level (magical only because it's a nice round number :-) ). We now await the non-farm payroll numbers tomorrow at 8:30 am EST. If the ADP numbers yesterday are an indication, this number may beat the 200k...
Natural Gas moved up today, completing the closing of the Gap from Sunday night. Trading right at the 21 day moving average, there are mixed technical signals of its next move. Green on the Heikin-Ashi and a rising Stochastics are bullish but trading at the top of the 4 day range and in the middle of the Ichimoku cloud are Neutral at best. Also, the weekly chart...
Gold closed the day at 1208.1, down 7.5 points. As I called out in last night's post, there were 4 levels of support today that could have stopped Gold's decline. However, as a continued sign that the bear move is well underway, none of those levels held. To remind you, those levels were: Gold Support Levels Lower Bollinger Band - 1214.70 21 Week Moving...
Natural Gas rose slightly today, gaining just .012 points. The Heikin-Ashi turned from green to red and there are now 2 decreasingly smaller Heikin Ashi doji candles. Price has now touched the 6 day moving average 2 days in a row. I am still flat but looking to enter a short position if price does close below the 6 day moving average. Disclaimer: This post is...
Gold closed down 9.8 points today and poked through the bottom of the Ichimoku cloud. There is a lot of support at this level though so we need to see if price will hold here or will the bear move continue. Of note is that Wednesday opens with the 6th consecutive day of red Heikin-Ashi candles. Support Levels Lower Bollinger Band - 1214.70 50 Day Moving Average...
Gold continues descending through the cloud. Let's see what happens at the bottom. There could be a mid morning bnounce back up.