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Bullish Signals for Gold
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Price and volume action in gold in recent weeks has been very bullish, says technical analyst Clive Maund, as he charts the metal's movements.

Price and volume action in gold in recent weeks has been very bullish indeed, as it moves towards completion of its giant 4-year long Head-and-Shoulders base pattern. We can see this to advantage on gold's 10-year chart shown below. The volume pattern and volume indicators give the game away, and confirm that this is a genuine base pattern that will lead to a major new bull market in gold. Observe the volume build on the strong rise out of the lows of the "Head" of the pattern early last year, and how it's even stronger on the rise this year out of the Right Shoulder low, and especially on the rally of recent weeks—the Accumulation-Distribution line has already reached its bull market highs of 2011, which is clearly a very positive sign. The new bull market hasn't officially started yet of course and won't until the price breaks out of the base pattern by breaking above the first band of resistance shown on the chart. That means that the days left to accumulate investments in this sector at good prices are numbered.

Gold chart


About a week ago it looked like gold was going to roll over again and play dead as it had arrived at an important zone of resistance at its April and June peaks as we can see on its year-to-date chart, with the risk of its doing so being increased by the potential for a dollar rebound, which we will come to later, but it didn't. Instead it broke above this resistance to advance on strong volume, which drove volume indicators sharply higher, a bullish development. This has given gold a buffer to buttress it in the event of a near-term dollar bounce.

Gold year to date


There is a parallel giant Head-and-Shoulders bottom pattern completing in gold stocks proxy GDX, as we can see on its 10-year chart below, and with the price still not far above the Right Shoulder low of the pattern and quite a way below its neckline (the first resistance level), we are still generally at a good point to accumulate precious metals stocks, as we have doing in recent weeks. The persistently high volume on the dramatic surge out of the lows of the Head of the pattern early last year was a sign that the bottom is in and was a very bullish development. The real big action will follow breakout above the first resistance level, although there will be considerable resistance to work through on the way up to the 2011 highs, but since the new sector bull market is set to be an order of magnitude greater than the last one, we can look forward to huge gains once GDX breaks out above its 2011 highs to new highs where there will be no further overhanging supply.

GDX Chart


The gold charts that we have just looked at suggest that the dollar is destined for a serious breakdown, so now we will look at the latest dollar index chart to see what it portends. On the 8-year dollar index chart we can see that it has marked out a large Broadening Top over the past two years, which it is now threatening to break down from. However, at this point is oversold and on support at the bottom of the pattern, making a near-term bounce likely, although if it happens, it probably won't get very far.

US Dollar Index


Also pointing to a near-term dollar bounce is the latest Hedgers chart, which itself looks bullish for the dollar, and suggests that it is not ready to break down just yet. If it does bounce gold would be expected to pull back, but not by very much, to provide what will be probably turn out to be the last chance to accumulate the sector at favorable prices before the expected major bull market begins in earnest.

US Dollar Hedgers Position

Clive Maund has been president of www.clivemaund.com, a successful resource sector website, since its inception in 2003. He has 30 years' experience in technical analysis and has worked for banks, commodity brokers and stockbrokers in the City of London. He holds a Diploma in Technical Analysis from the UK Society of Technical Analysts.

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