Silver never did confirm gold's breakout to new highs, which has always been
grounds for some caution. It has followed the path predicted in the last update
to the letter, as can be seen on the older 6-month chart included beneath the
current chart below, but has run into trouble this month at resistance at the
underside of its earlier broadening channel. On Friday it broke down sharply
from its steeper uptrend in force from early February in response to renewed
dollar strength, a development which is viewed as decidedly bearish and constitutes
a SELL SIGNAL, which would only be negated by a break above the trendline that
capped the advance, which is now at about $17.70. This breakdown by silver
clearly does not auger well for gold.
The latest COT chart for silver shows that the Commercials have been ramping
up their short positions in recent weeks, which is viewed as another warning
that we are probably witnessing a reversal to the downside now.
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