Sunday, February 25, 2007

Gold Indices Review

Despite of recent spike in the price of gold and silver, gold indices continue to under perform.

Of all four gold indices I'm tracking (XAU, HUI, GDX(GDM), GOX) the XAU is senior both in terms of option trading volume and chart history.

Short term trend line support around 137, recent short term cyclical low at 129.

xau daily chart

xau weekly chart

the PHLX gold and silver index is calculated since early 1979 ( =100)
xau long term chart


GDX(Market Vectors Gold Miner) is the only gold miners ETF trading at the US, tracks the GDM (AMEX Gold Miners Index). Last Friday the GDX managed to trade above its January top but closed under. Short term trend line support around 40.25, recent short term cyclical low at 36.19.

gdx daily chart

GOX (CBOE Gold Index) , Chicago is a major center for gold, silver and other futures trading. Short term trend line support around 148, recent short term cyclical low at 133.45.
gox daily chart

HUI(AMEX Gold Bugs Index) is favored for the reason its components are relatively unhedged. Short term trend line support around 331, recent short term cyclical low at 306.
hui daily chart

Note that the HUI is already up several hundreds percents since the bear market bottom.
hui long term chart

Generally, currently I do not favor initiating any new gold/ silver / PM's positions. On the other hand - I think that a pullback might find support at short term uptrend lines with but holding above recent cyclical low is much more important for the long term bullish picture.

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Friday, February 09, 2007

HUI and GDX charts update

The two charts looks almost identical, the price is above the 50 MA, The 50 MA is above the 200 MA, and RSI trending up above 50, PPO lines are above zero.
However, while gold recently climbed above its December top gold indices and silver did not. The HUI Gold ratio is trapped inside a contracting triangle formation. Overall the charts look bullish but the non confirmation implies caution.


GDX chart

HUI chart

hui gold ratio chart

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