Platinum - LongAlthough platinum is considered a safe haven, it also thrives in a productive economy.
This gives it a great chance to do well during 2017, as people will turn to precious metals during times of uncertainty (which there will be a lot of in 2017), and with Trump wanting to spend like crazy on industrials (emissions control amongst other uses), this could propel platinum.
We also received a bullish car sales report today, as an increase in car sales means more catalytic converters will need to be built, which requires platinum.
There is also bearish divergence in the RSI.
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Descending Triangle on Platinum @ H4This descending triangle pattern on the 4-hour chart of the spot Platinum CFD offers an opportunity for a short trade in case of a downside breakout. The triangle's borders are marked with the yellow lines. The cyan line is my potential entry level. The green line denotes my take-profit level. I will set the stop-loss level to the high of the breakout bar (not shown on the chart).
New Bull Starting in Platinum?A few interesting points about XPTUSD and why it might be time to look at long positions:
1. 7-Year cycle in XPTUSD is bottoming out right now.
2. We are seeing a backtest of the initial breakout similar to what happened in 2000-2001
3. XPTUSD production is going to see major cutbacks moving forward from South Africa
4. Above ground stocks are winding down which has put extreme pressure on prices for the last 4 years
5. Should the DYX fail to breakout decisively over 102 before the end of 2016, then the ZARUSD could strengthen.
Platinum Makes UptrendPlatinum has been pretty wild for the past few days. True, it is still lower than heck on the daily, but notice how the hourly has started an uptrend. This could be a chance in on the ground floor before a large move upward if the support line holds. Price action is yet to confirm.