“Selling pressure on the higher ends! Higher Low theory negated, Double Bottom now on the cards for Gold.”
The Bullions started the month of August with a very strong bullish bias, with Gold being up by about 5% and Silver being up by almost 10-13% in the previous month, everyone expected this momentum too continue. However, both the yellow metal and Silver failed to keep up with the traders expectations.
Gold Monthly Synopsis
Starting on a positive bias, Gold tried to breach its breakdown point of $1840. But the selling pressure was way too strong. On 10 Aug a shooting star candle was formed on the daily charts suggesting weakness in the Gold prices. From 15 Aug Gold started its down-move by falling about 1.5% in a single day. Since then the bears came into action.
Gold fell for 7 days continuously, ending each day at a price lower than the previous day. Then we saw some short covering for 3 days. This 3 days of short term bullishness, was confused with a higher low, as a result of which opportunist buyers might have had entered. However, this short-term up-move was nothing but a partial profit booking by the sellers who timed the move “perfectly”. Gold made a classic Bearish Flag. The Flag was formed within a range of $40. The lower end of the flag was breached on 26 Aug. The flag reached its theoretical target within a week.
Silver Monthly Synopsis
Just like Gold this metal too started on a positive bias however, it clearly failed to maintain the momentum. Highlighted in the charts, we can clearly see that Silver faced a strong rejection near $20.50-20.80 range. The metal after reaching into this range consolidated for about 4 days. On 15th Aug the selling came in. Since then Silver traded with a negative bias.
Now just like Gold created a bearish flag Silver too did the same. The only difference is that Silver fell more. After breaking down from the lower trendline of the bearish flag, Silver reached its theoretical target pretty quickly. But is didn’t stop there on 31 Aug i.e. the last day of the month Silver fell by almost 3%.
Conclusion
There is no doubt in this, the bullion markets is clearly dominated by the bears, the question is “Will we some support based buying?”
Silver fell about 14% in the month of August while at the same time Gold fell by 5-5.50%.
In comparison to Gold fell more, meaning that the sellers were more active in Silver. Silver now is hovering around a previous breakout range which might act as some support if the Macro Data provides support. While at the same time, Gold is hovering around it’s recent low. There are still chances of a double bottom on this precious metal. All eyes are now on the Non-Farm Payrolls which are to be released on 2 September.
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