GDX
GDX just giving way...Tracking gold, one can buy GDX, the Gold Miners ETF, and the associated specific funds.
Having tracked Gold closely for the past three years, the white arrow marks a rough but a real exit point.
Today the perfect storm is set... and pre-opening shows a gap down type of breakdown.
Previously explained why and how GDX would not be doing well and when it should be doing well. IMHO, This is probably a deep retracement.
Fun times to come!
Here it goes part II.
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GDX H1: SWING: Accumulation / BUY DIPS 20% gains (SL/TP)(NEW)
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🔸 Summary and potential trade setup
::: GDX 1hour/candle chart review
::: TP BULLS is 20% gains soon
::: BUY/HOLD SETUP
::: chart looks strong right now
::: strong bottom confirmed with 3 tests
::: expecting more gains after DIP
::: BULLS should focus on buying DIPS
::: September strong month SILVER / GOLD
::: recommended strategy: BUY DIPS
::: near 41.50 best reload BULLS
::: TP BULLS is 20%+ gains
::: if there's a mild dip just buy it
::: BUY/HOLD - swing trade settup
::: SWING trade setup do not expect
::: fast/miracle overnights gains here
::: good luck traders
🔸 Supply/Demand Zones
::: N/A
::: N/A
🔸 Other noteworthy technicals/fundies
::: TD9 /Combo update: N/A
::: Sentiment short-term: pullback/DIPS
::: Sentiment outlook mid-term: BULLS/REVERSAL
Time for tea? Yes gold is going UP! But time to drink up to half of your cup of tea first. We need the handle on our cup. :)
Disclaimer: The above is not an investment advice. It is merely an opinion and I share it for your entertainment only. Do your own due diligence and above all, trade safely and stay safe!
Gold Miners - the cards stacked up against, to fall...It’s done.
With gold being on the retracement, and perhaps a large one at that, the gold miners (ETF, GDX) is under siege and under pressure to retrace hard.
Technically, despite a long tail, GDX clocked a lower low, which broke down of a support line briefly. The MACD is clearly broken down ahead of price.
So, what is the risk?
Plenty... the miners tend to do well under conditions where gold as a commodity is in a bull rally, borrowing rates are low, and particularly, that equities are rallying.
The S&P500 as well as major indices like the Nasdaq leading the downdraft of late, accentuating the risks to the Gold miners.
Given all the factors, it would appear an insurmountable effort for the miners to stage a huge rally out of the technical backdrop. Not that it’s impossible, but it has very low probability.
!Copper (+10.35%) [Hold] for Sep 20'I'm remaining long from this signal given on the 6th of last month. Currently floating +10.35% from this position-- un-marginalized. The margin account used for this trade risked 2% for a +21.034%% current floating gain on this long. Stoploss has been and is remaining just above entry.
THE WEEK AHEAD: M, CLDR, CRWD EARNINGS; GDXJ/GDX, SLV, QQQTHE WEEK AHEAD:
EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENT VOLATILITY CONTRACTION PLAYS:
M (41/103/September 18.7%): Announces Wednesday before market open.
Potential Plays:
September 18th 13 short straddle, paying 1.30 as of Friday close, .33 at 25% max.
September 18th 5/7/7/9 iron fly, paying 1.07 as of Friday close, .27 at 25% max.
Look to take profit at 25% max.
CLDR (68/116/September 20.1%): Announces Wednesday after market close.
Potential Plays:
September 18th 13 short straddle, paying 2.60 as of Friday close, .65 at 25% max.
September 18th 9/13/13/17 iron fly, paying 2.13 as of Friday close, .53 at 25% max.
Look to take profit at 25% max.
CRWD (32/74/September 15.0%): Announces Wednesday after market close.
Potential Plays:
September 18th 101/145 short strangle, paying 4.03 as of Friday close, 2.01 at 50% max.
September 18th 100/105/140/145. Markets are showing wide in the off hours, but look to put on a setup that pays at least one-third the width of the wings in credit.
Comments: Not a ton is shaking next week for options liquid underlyings, but here are what appear to me to be the best candidates for volatility contraction plays. Naturally, I'm just preliminarily pricing these out to see whether they're potentially worthwhile, and actual strikes are likely to change somewhat running into earnings as price moves.
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS SCREENED FOR >35% 30-DAY IMPLIED/OCTOBER AT-THE-MONEY SHORT STRADDLE PAYING >10% OF STOCK PRICE:
SLV (45/56/15.2%)
XLE (24/39/11.2%)
GDX (22/47/13.3%)
GDXJ (21/58/15.7%)
EWZ (17/44/12.3%)
XOP (13/50/14.1%)
GDXJ is paying the most as a function of stock price (15.7%), followed by SLV (15.2%), XOP (14.1%), and GDX (13.3%).
WHAT THE SHORT STRANGLES NEAREST 16 DELTA ARE PAYING:
The GDXJ October 16th 15/75 short strangle: 2.15, 3.6% as a function of stock price,
The SLV October 16th 22/32 short strangle: .97, 3.6% as a function of stock price.
The XOP October 16th 45/63 short strangle: 1.84, 3.5% as a function of stock price.
The GDX October 16th 38/47 short strangle: .84, 2.0% as a function of stock price.
Comments: I've already got a miners play on, so am likely to avoid getting into another closely correlated underlying here.
BROAD MARKET:
QQQ (29/32/8.8%)
IWM (22/28/7.6%)
EFA (17/20/5.6%)
SPY (12/22/5.3%)
WHAT THE SHORT STRANGLES NEAREST 16 DELTA ARE PAYING:
The QQQ October 16th 257/320 short strangle is paying 6.51, 2.2% as a function of stock price.
The IWM October 16th 140/170 short strangle, 2.93, 1.9%.
The EFA October 16th 60/69 short strangle, .93, 1.4%.
The SPY October 16th 317/391 short strangle, 4.95, 1.4%.
Comments: In the IRA, I've been mechanically selling 45 days 'til expiry puts at the two times expected move strike (basically, the 16 delta) and will pretty much continue to do so until 30-day drops below 20%. There's always hesitancy to continue to do this at successive all-time-highs, and, yes, it is likely I will be assigned shares at some point in a >2 times expected move sell-off, after which I'll proceed to cover. That being said, I've got an inordinate amount of undeployed buying power after all the acquisitional short put ladders I put on in the sell-off have come off; I'd rather take some risk here to earn "something," all while keeping a reasonable amount of dry powder free to take advantage if we get another one of those bodice rippers we had in mid-March. This week, I'll follow the implied volatility, and as of Friday close, that was in the QQQ's.
DIVIDEND EARNERS:
XLU (21/23/7.1%)
EWA (20/24/7.0%)
TLT (18/19/4.8%)
EFA (17/20/5.6%)
EWZ (17/44/12.3%)
IYR (17/24/6.5%)
HYG (17/14/2.8%)
SPY (16/22/5.3%)
EMB (11/11/2.7%)
The Brazilian exchange-traded fund leads the pack for the umpteenth week in a row, with XLU and EWA in distant second and third places. I'm fine with continuing to hit EWZ via acquisitional short put over and over again if that's where the implied volatility leads, but, yes, it's kind of getting old.
For what it's worth: The 2 times expected move EWZ October 16th 28 short put is paying .36 per contract as of Friday close (1.2% as a function of stock price).
Key: The first number in parentheses is the implied volatility rank or percentile (i.e., where implied volatility is relative to where it's been over the past 52 weeks); the second, 30-day implied volatility; and the third, the percentage of stock price that the specified monthly expiry at-the-money short straddle is paying.
Gold (Inverted) vs. 10-Year Treasury Indexed Yield for 8/27Gold (Inverted) vs. 10-Year Treasury Indexed Yield for 8/27
IS THE DOLLAR ABOUT TO BOTTOM?You need to be paying close attention to the Dollar. We have some history written right on the chart if we'll just take a moment to interpret it. My interpretation might be different than yours but that's why we share our ideas.. and it would be a boring world if we all thought the same way. I don't watch the Dollar very often but I see very obvious price cycles on multiple levels going on here. There appears to be a potential larger cycle low that will begin pulling down on the Dollar over the next 7-8 years. However, the Dollar could be bottoming in the near term on a smaller cycle. I think it has the potential to rally back up to the upper trend (just like 1999-2002) before the long drop. Notice the symmetrical triangle and where the measured move is pointing to- I can't say if that target has been reached yet or if it's even valid but the measured move is near that upper trend. It'll be interesting to see if the Dollar can make that climb one more time (107-111?) before the likely descent. It'll also be interesting to see how precious metals respond if the Dollar does manage to rally again.. I would be thrilled to see another discount in the metals but there's a chance that the best discount is now.. There's no promise of lower prices in Gold & Silver again with what we're witnessing today.
GDXJ to 43$ soon! After its bounce, Gold started to descend as the dollar is showing signs of bouncing back up.
Should stock show signs of weakness, it will bring this down...
50% FIB target around $43
Same analysis applies to GDX but target is different.
Disclaimer: The above is just an idea, not an investment advice. Do your own diligence, trade safely and stay safe!
🍾Warren Buffet joins Schiff - who is else is coming the party?If there was any doubt that the gold miners are not about to start a new bull market, that doubt has been squashed by Berkshire Hathaway buying some Barrack Gold.
Before this news I was expecting the GDX to go as low as $32 in this corrective move, but the cats out the bag and I’m sure bigger players will start entering into this space in the coming weeks/months (hedge funds etc).
From the $45~ top we’ve gone as low as $38~ which looked like a blow off top like we saw in gold. On top of that there was some bearish divergence between price and RSI that I have highlighted in yellow.
The bounce from this level backtested the old trend line and it looks like the next move is lower.
The gold chart looks be in a corrective phase too which gives me greater reason to believe the GDX will follow suit (you can see my gold chart by checking out my profile).
The first area to add to longs is the $37, this has been a major support/resistance where I expect a bounce.
If that level does not hold, a while back I thought we would make the move all the way down to $32~, but that seems rather unlikely thanks to Warren, instead I’d welcome prices to hit $35-$34 level, the GDX did face some heat at this level in May and June.
Have any questions about the GDX in the short-term? Leave a comment below.