Category Archives: U.S. Indexes

Technical Analysis: Gold

A 2.25% pop for GOLD today but……….
Daily chart for gold showing the 2.25% pop today. Relative weakness in the U.S. dollar today and short covering are two possible reasons for the pop today. But the major trend is down and the intermediate trend is down.  Gold will meet heavy resistance at 1,200.


Gold Daily Chart

Daily chart for gold showing the 2.25% pop today. Relative weakness in the U.S. dollar today and short covering are two possible reasons for the pop. But the major trend is down and the intermediate trend is down. Gold will meet heavy resistance at 1,200.

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And the view from the weekly chart for gold
Weekly chart for gold showing the intermediate downtrend with support and resistance levels.

Gold 3-Year Weekly Chart

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Long uphill road ahead for the gold miners
Chart showing the pop in the gold miners.

GDX Weekly Chart

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Shorts covered today but will be back
DZZ PowerShares  double short for gold.

DZZ PowerShares DB Gold Double Short ETN Daily Chart

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United States Oil Fund ETF (USO) weekly chart

A break below major support of 29 for USO
A break below major support of 29 for U.S. Oil Fund  (USO)

USO 3-Year Chart

USO ETF is a proxy for West Texas Intermediate.

Reference the last chart analysis for USO.

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United States Oil Fund ETF (USO) weekly chart

Again! Oil (USO ETF) will test major support of 29
USO will test major support of 29.  Intermediate trend is down and near-term trend is down.

USO 3-Year Weekly Chart

Again, USO will test major support of 29. Intermediate trend is down and near-term trend is down.

The United States Oil Fund® LP (USO) is an exchange-traded security designed to track the daily price movements of West Texas Intermediate (“WTI”) light, sweet crude oil. USO issues shares that may be purchased and sold on the NYSE Arca………………….

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Percent of stocks above 200-day moving average

Down together but divergence in the recovery

Percent of stocks in the TSX Index and the S&P 500 Index above the 200-day moving average.

Percent of stocks in the TSX Index and the S&P 500 Index above the 200-day moving average.

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U.S. Natural Gas Fund ETF (UNG) chart analysis

Breakout on daily chart on heavy volume for UNG
Breakout for the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) on heavy volume

UNG Daily Chart

Breakout for the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) on heavy volume.

Contrast this chart with the one for West Texas Intermediate……………..

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View from the weekly chart showing the resistance levels
Weekly chart for U.S. Natural Gas Fund ETF showing the breakout and the resistance levels.

UNG Weekly Chart

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“It is all about probabilities”

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United States Oil Fund ETF (USO) chart analysis

Major support level for USO is 29
USO weekly chart showing the critical support level of 29. The intermediate trend is down.

USO 3-Year Weekly Chart

Reference the last chart analysis for WTI.

News release for November 5, 2014: OPEC sees bigger output drop

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WTI candlestick chart

Intermediate downtrend for WTI and a major break below 80
Chart for West Texas Intermediate showing the intermediate downtrend and the major break below support of 80.  There is  a tentative support level on the weekly chart at  77.50.

WTI Daily Chart

Chart for West Texas Intermediate showing the intermediate downtrend and the major break below support of 80. There is a tentative support level on the weekly chart around 77.50.

Reference the last chart analysis for WTI published on October 17, 2014.

October 17, 2014: Daily candlestick chart for WTI showing the support level around 80. There was heavy volume on Thursday as the shorts covered. But the spinning top candlestick on Friday indicates ambivalence. It is not the time to go long or short. We will have to monitor future price action. There is a high probability the bears will take another run at testing the support level.

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View from the weekly chart
Weekly chart for WTI

WTI 3-Year Weekly Chart

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Percent of stocks above the 200-day moving average

Percent of stocks above 200 day moving average for the TSX and the S&P 500.

3-Year Weekly Chart

Percent of stocks above 200 day moving average for the TSX and the S&P 500.

Reference the last chart for the percent of stocks above the 200 day moving average.

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