I recently posted this daily chart for the GLD which shows a rising wedge with a similar top to the one that formed back in 2016. I mentioned we could see a ping pong move between the bottom rail of the rising wedge and the bottom black dashed trendline for the top around the 124 area. Today we are getting the backtest. If the bulls can takeout the black dashed S&R line that would be showing some bullish price action. Then if they can rally the GLD above the top rail of the rising wedge that would complete the 5th reversal point and we would then have a 5 point bullish rising wedge reversal pattern to the upside. Today’s price action is also closing some of that huge breakout gap.

Last week we looked at this rectangle trading range that was building out on the Transportation Average. Today the price action is in the process of trying to breakout above the top rail. Today’s rally has also completed the 5th reversal point making this rectangle a reversal pattern to the upside. Since this rectangle formed below the previous high we needed to see a reversal pattern, with an odd number of reversal points, to reverse the small move down.

We’ve also been following this long term weekly chart which is showing some beautiful Chartology starting with the very symmetrical H&S bottom with the head forming at the 2016 low that started the 2016 uptrend channel. In 2017 the Transportation Average built out the bullish rising wedge which broke out to the upside. Since January of this year the Transportation average has been experiencing a correction or consolidation phase. There are two distinct patterns you can see. The first one is the blue triangle which has formed on the bottom rail of the 2016 uptrend channel. The second pattern is the red 5 point rectangle reversal pattern which also has formed on the bottom rail of the 2016 uptrend channel. IYT is a 1 X long etf if anyone is interested in trading the Transportation Average.

Today GLD is breaking below the bottom rail of its 5 point falling wedge which is suggesting the four month trading range is a top. The day isn’t over yet, but if the price action closes below the bottom rail the breakout will be confirmed.

The weekly chart shows GLD coming in to critical support at the bottom rail of its 2 1/2 year triangle formation. A touch of the bottom rail will complete the 6th reversal point suggesting the triangle is  consolidation pattern to the downside. The bulls need to hold support at the 7th reversal point to create a seven point triangle reversal pattern to the upside.

Below is the monthly chart showing the 2011 bear market downtrend channel with the two and a half year triangle trading between the top and bottom rails.

This chart is everyones favorite chart for GLD which shows its potential five year H&S base which everyone and their brother-in-law sees. The golden neckline is still holding resistance regardless of all the reasons gold needs to move higher.

This first chart is a daily line chart for GLD which shows it has completed 5 reversal points so far and is working on the all important 6th reversal point back up to the top rail. This is where the bulls need to step up to the plate.

The weekly chart below shows the 2 1/2 year triangle that has been building out with 5 completed reversal points so far. A touch of the bottom rail will complete the 6th reversal point creating a consolidation pattern. If the bottom rail is hit the bulls will need to hold support to create a 7th reversal point throwing the triangle back into the reversal category.

The long term monthly chart shows the bear market downtrend channel with the 2 1/2 year triangle.

This last chart for GLD is showing the possible 5 year H&S bottom with the golden neckline. That little blue flag which is forming just below the neckline is keeping everyone  in suspense waiting for a resolution. This is a massively large pattern that will lead to a very big move if the H&S bottom plays out. It seems pretty obvious that the breakout will be to the upside, but stranger things have happened in the markets before. So close but yet so far away. There will be plenty of time to board the train if the H&S bottom completes.

Since roughly the middle of January of this year we’ve seen some big changes in character taking place in many different areas of the markets. After nearly two years of low volatility, which is much easier to take, volatility has come back with a vengeance and doesn’t seem to be slowing down much. Its been most obvious in the stock markets, but now the US dollar’s volatility has spiked which may be suggesting something is in the wind. What that something is can be anyone’s guess, but something changed in mid January of this year.

Tonight I would like to show you some old long term charts I built out four years or so ago after the top in the PM complex was established. Some of the longer term subscribers will remember them as they had a long term bearish tone to them if they played out. It’s been a long time since I posted some of these charts because for the last several years nothing much has changed which maybe coming to an end.

I am very aware that many / most of our members are very interested in the gold market from a bullish bias. I know many of you will find these charts and what they are strongly suggesting ,  disturbing. I only ask that you read the following with an open mind. If this scenario unfolds , It could very well save your financial future. Also please take special note of the lines in the sand where the bullish outcome would become probable. Personally I would like nothing better than to have another opportunity to chart and participate in another gold bull as the last one was extremely rewarding.

Before we look at some of those old long term charts for gold and silver I would like to update some of the US dollar charts as there has been some big changes taking place since we last looked at them, especially the shorter term daily chart.

About two weeks ago we looked at this daily chart for the US dollar which was just in the process of breaking out from the 5 point rectangle reversal pattern. I showed two areas of possible resistance which was the 200 day moving average and the price objective of that 5 point rectangle reversal pattern, which came in at 92.70 which was hit. I also showed how the blue arrows suggested we could see some reverse symmetry to the upside vs how the US dollar came down over that same area.

Below is a long term daily chart which shows its parallel downtrend channel with the breakout above the top rail yesterday. A backtest to the top rail would come in around the 91.90 area.

This next chart is the long term monthly fractal chart we’ve been following for many years which now shows the false breakout below the bottom rail of the blue expanding triangle that I had previously labeled as a possible bear trap, red circle. This is important because when you get a false move like that you can often times get a big move in the opposite direction in this case up. Even though the two blue consolidation patterns are different in this fractal chart the two thin black dashed horizontal lines shows the low and high for each pattern on the same area on the chart.

This 35 year monthly chart has always been an important chart to keep track of because we didn’t know if the top rail would hold support after such a long time of holding resistance. So far it has done its job.

Below is the same chart which shows the US dollar’s 2011 bull market uptrend channel.

The 50 year quarterly chart shows the 35 year bullish falling wedge with the bear trap that formed between the bottom rail of the blue expanding triangle and the top rail of the 35 year falling wedge. All we would need to see to negate this bullish setup is for the US dollar to trade below the top rail of the 35 year bullish falling wedge and it would be game over for the US dollar bulls, but until that happens the Chartology is strongly suggesting the next leg of the bull market is now getting underway whether we like it or not.

This next chart is a combo chart which has the US dollar on top and gold on the bottom I’ve labeled it as a, WHAT IF, chart. What if the US dollar has just put in its long term low on the bottom rail of its major uptrend channel. And then, WHAT IF, gold is putting in its major high at the top rail of its downtrend channel? This would be the very last thing most PM investors could possibly conceive of right now. Again, all we have to see to change this possible scenario is to see the US dollar break below the bottom rail of its bull market uptrend channel and for gold to take out the top rail of its downtrend channel.

Below is another combo chart which has the USD:XJY ratio chart on top and gold on the bottom. As long as the bottom rail holds support for the ratio chart on top and the top rail for gold holds resistance then it is what it is regardless of all the reasons it can’t be.

Next I would like to show you some close up looks at the US dollar to gold ratio charts so you can get a better understanding of what is taking place right here and now. This first chart is a daily line chart which compares GLD:US dollar. As you can see this ratio began topping out during the middle of January and is now in an impulse leg down. The blue arrows show how it may reverse symmetry to the downside vs the same area on the upside.

Lets step back a little further in time and look at a four year weekly chart for the GLD:UUP ratio. The three month pattern on the daily line chart above is showing up at the 4th reversal point in this 2 1/2 year rising flag formation. Remember many times we’ll see a 5 point reversal pattern at the reversal points within a much bigger trading range.

Since gold’s bull market ended in September of 2011 the GOLD:USD ratio chart had been in a perfect parallel downtrend channel until the summer of last year when the ratio broke out above the top rail. That could have been the point where gold could have really taken off to the upside, but it had a hard time rallying against the US dollar. Here you can see how the 2 1/2 year rising channel fits into the bigger picture. All gold has to do to negate this bearish setup is to rally above the top rail of the 2 1/2 year rising flag.

During gold’s massive ten year bull market the GOLD:USD ratio chart built out a perfect parallel uptrend channel with one consolidation pattern forming on top of the next. I left the downtrend channel off of this 18 year monthly chart so as not to put any boundaries on the bear market that began in 2011.

The reason I’ve been showing you so many charts on the US dollar is that it can have a profound affect on gold as you well know. The bigger the pattern the bigger the move. I built out this next long term chart for gold back in 2014. Note the H&S consolidation pattern that formed during the 2008 crash low. After gold started to bounce around after the 2013 decline I extended the 2008 H&S neckline all the way to the right side of the chart to see if I could find any support. As you can see gold found support on that 2008 neckline extension line from 2013 to just a couple of months ago. That blue triangle is the same one we’ve been following on the shorter term gold charts. If gold breaks down from that 2 1/2 year blue triangle the most logical place to find support would be at the 2008 crash low between 680 and 750.

Below is a monthly line chart that spans the same amount of time as the bar chart above and gives you a clear picture of the possible H&S top. Keep in mind the neckline has to be broken to the downside before we can call the possible H&S a top.

This long term monthly chart for gold shows its parabolic bull market with its possible H&S top building out. The key is going to be what the blue triangle does.

This last chart for gold is a 50 year monthly look which shows its 1970’s bull market and then the long 20 year sideways trading range. If that massive H&S top plays out you will be some of the first investors to know the bull market is officially over and a massive decline will ensue that will take years to complete.

About the same time I did the long term H&S top for gold I also did one for silver as it too was producing some very nice symmetry. This 50 year chart for silver shows its massive H&S bottom which launched its bull market. Note how the 2008 crash low found support on that massive neckline confirming it was hot. Silver also built out a very symmetrical H&S top as shown by the neckline symmetry line that shows the high for both the left and right shoulders of the 2011 H&S top. That blue diamond might look familiar to you as we’ve been following it on the on the shorter term weekly and monthly charts. Is it a coincidence that it’s forming just below the major neckline?

This last chart for tonight shows the H&S top in more detail with the blue diamond forming as the backtest to the neckline.

I want to apologize for being late tonight, but I had to dig through 100’s old charts I knew I had, but had to find them. The US dollar is going to be the key factor in what takes place with the PM complex. At this point all I can say is big patterns lead to big moves and if these big patterns play out then we are going to see exactly that.

Everyone is focused in on the potential five year H&S bottom on gold which could still be a possibility. These charts tonight give you a different perspective that you won’t find anywhere else. If they come to pass we’ll be the first to know what is actually happening. All the best…Rambus

There is a misconception out there that in order for gold to have a bull market the stock markets have to crash and burn. Gold investor literally pray for the stock markets to crash so they can get their bull market in the PM complex. Once an idea like that gets embedded into the minds of gold investors it becomes hard for them to see the truth. A simple combo chart can show you the truth about why the stock markets don’t have to crash in order for gold to enjoy a bull market.

Below is a 20 year monthly combo line chart which has the SPX on top and gold on the bottom. The green shaded areas show when the SPX and GOLD both rallied at the same time. I used the rally phases in the SPX to draw in the green shaded areas to see what gold looked like.

Starting at the end of the secular bull market in 2000 for the SPX gold basically traded sideways to slightly up during the SPX’s bear market into its 2002 bear market low. From 2002 until the SPX topped out in its bull market run into the 2007 top , gold rallied right along side of the SPX. How can that be? Gold isn’t supposed to have a bull market when the SPX is having one.

The SPX did top out slightly ahead of gold and had a much bigger correction than gold into 2009 crash low, but they both declined without gold producing a new bull market relative to the SPX. You can also see gold actually bottomed just ahead of SPX in late 2008 , while the SPX bottomed out in March of 2009. For the next two years the SPX and GOLD both enjoyed a strong bull market move into the 2011 high.

Again gold topped out just after the SPX in 2011, but this time gold began its cyclical bear market while the SPX continued higher with its bull market. Gold finally bottomed in December of 2015 and from that point both the SPX and GOLD have been rising together. How long will they move up together is anybodies guess, but this combo chart suggests that we don’t have to see the stock markets crash in order for gold to have a bull market. Maybe we’ll see the best of both worlds which would be good for everyone. All the best…Rambus

If the US is going to have a strong economy it’s important that the Transportation Average confirms that by showing strength. Below is a daily chart which shows a breakout and backtest to the top rail of its triangle consolidation pattern yesterday. This triangle looks a lot like many of the other triangles we’ve been following on some of the US stock markets.

Just like most of the US stock markets we’ve been following the Transportation Average is building a triangle consolidation pattern on the bottom rail of its 2016 bull market uptrend channel.

For the last three months gold had been chopping out a rectangle trading range which has completed four reversal points so far. Wednesday of this week it looked like gold may breakout above the top rail but the bears stopped the advance just when it looked like the bulls were finally going to win.

Many times before a rectangle is finished building out there can be one last move back down to the center of the rectangle where support is found. If the bulls are truly in charge they could take this oppurtunity to rally gold up and through the top rail to complete the rectangle as a halfway pattern. If the bulls can muster up enough energy to take out the top rail the rectangle would have a price objective up to the 1445 area as shown by the blue arrows. At this point there is no way to know if we’ll see another reversal all the way back down to the bottom of the rectangle which would complete the 5th reversal point. It’s still a consolidation pattern at this time.

Below is a weekly line chart which shows the possible five year H&S base building out. The three month rectangle we just looked at on the daily chart above is building out just below the neckline. We’ve discussed many times in the past that it can be a bullish situation when we see a small pattern form just below an important trendline, in this case the neckline. These smaller patterns can give the energy a stock needs to finally takeout that important trendline. Gold tested the neckline again this week pushing slightly above the neckline, but the bulls were unable to hold on.

We know that neckline is very hot by the many touches it has had in the last five years. If gold is finally ready to breakout it will be interesting to see how it does it. Since there is such a well defined line in the sand we could see a big breakout gap as all the bears that have been defending that neckline are finally exhausted with none left to put up a fight. The line in the sand comes in at 1365.

Below is the exact same chart as the line chart above, but this chart is a bar chart which shows how the blue rectangle has formed just below the neckline. If there was ever a time for the gold bulls to show they mean business this is their golden opportunity.

During the 2008 crash gold built out a very symmetrical H&S consolidation pattern which led to the final rally phase into the 2011 high. As you can see it took roughly four months for the breaking out and backtesting to the neckline to finally complete the pattern. It will be interesting to see what this chart looks like in six months.

It’s been a long time since we last looked at this long term daily chart which shows what I consider to be the most important daily moving averages for gold. Whenever the next rally phase gets going in earnest these four moving averages, when they become properly aligned, will show us where to look for short to long term support. The 150 day ma did a good job of showing us intermediate term support while the 300 day ma showed strong long term support. With the formation of the second right shoulder you can see the moving averages are pointing higher which is what we want to see.

Below is a 20 year monthly chart which shows how the current H&S consolidation pattern fits into the big 20 year bull market uptrend channel.

Below is another way to look at gold’s bull market uptrend channel which is my favorite long term chart. This chart shows all the consolidation patterns that formed during the first phase of gold’s bull market. Since 2011 gold has been consolidating that first phase by building out the black expanding falling wedge.

There is some really nice Chartology if you follow the price action starting at the blue arrow marked with a #3 on it. One of the reasons its taken so long for gold to really start moving up is because of all the work it has had to do with the breaking out and backtesting of all the important trendlines. Gold has been painfully climbing along the bottom rail of the major uptrend channel that has been tested six times so far so we know it’s hot.

I don’t show it on this chart, but when the H&S neckline we looked at on the above charts gets broken to the upside, that is when we’ll see the price action start to accelerate away from the bottom rail of the major uptrend channel. I’ve always said that gold produces some of the nicest Chartology of any market sector out there. If gold was manipulated as many seem to think there is no way you would get such beautiful chart patterns.

Now is the time for the gold bulls to step up to the plate and walk the walk. This is the perfect time to launch the next leg of gold’s secular bull market. Everything is in place, now we wait and see if the gold bulls mean business.

SLV along with the PM stocks have been under performing gold in a pretty significant way. Normally you would like to see the PM stocks outperforming gold on the front end of a bull market similar to what we saw back in the beginning of the 2000 bull market in the PM complex. So far that hasn’t been the case.

Below is a weekly chart for SLV we’ve been following for a long time now as it has been chopping out the nearly four year diamond trading range. The first thing that would get my attention would be if the price action could takeout the top rail of the seven point diamond which is technically a reversal pattern at the moment. A touch of the bottom rail would complete the 8th reversal point which would be a consolidation pattern to the downside if the bottom rail is broken. It wouldn’t hurt to see SLV trade back above the 65 week ema if one is a bull.

This next chart for SLV is a longer term weekly look which puts the diamond in perspective. If you’re a long term member you may remember the 8 point diamond that formed back in 2012 which led to a big impulse move down.

This next weekly chart has a lot of Chartology on it which shows SLV produces some really  nice chart patterns. The 2008 crash low produced the head of a large H&S consolidation pattern which led directly to the the high at 50. Note how the right shoulder was a small H&S pattern. SLV also built out a beautiful red bullish rising flag as a halfway pattern to the 50 area in time and price. So far there is nothing on this chart that strongly suggests to me the bear market is over and a new bull market has started.

Since the April 2011 high which took place a full five months before gold and the PM stock indexes topped in September, we can see one consolidation pattern forming below the previous one. The current diamond has a chance to be a reversal pattern, but the bulls need to take control so until then the downtrend continues. SLV has gone virtually nowhere in nearly four years which has been dead money if any one is a long term holder.

This last chart for SLV is a long term monthly chart which shows its parallel double trendline downtrend channel. It wouldn’t take a lot of work to turn SLV bullish, but the bulls need to step up to the plate with action and walk the walk. I would love for nothing more than to see the diamond resolved to the upside. Have a great weekend and all the best…Rambus

Editor’s Note: Here is the original Silver Diamond Post from 2012…Seems Silver and Diamonds are a thing

https://rambus1.com/2012/12/23/weekend-report-a-look-at-silver-and-its-diamond/