With the world closest to World War 3 since the cold war era and Russia about to unleash escalating sanctions of Turkey, it makes perfect sense that 'investors' would want to purge themselves of precious metals. Someone decided that Friday after Thanksgiving would be the perfect time to dump over 18,000 contracts (around $1.9 billion notional) sending the price of gold futures to their lowest since Oct 2009, below what Goldman called a "crucial level."
Over 18000 contracts dumped...
Sending gold futures prices to Oct 2009 lows...
As Goldman notes, in Gold, the critical level is 1,068-1,066. In Silver, support spans 13.98-13.83.
Gold Daily/Weekly – The level to watch in Gold is 1,068-1,066. This includes an ABC equality target off the January high and the trend across the lows since Dec. ’13.
The fact that oscillators are diverging positively suggests that price may be attempting to stabilize. Failure to break this support area confirms that the setup is still corrective; that a 5-wave sequence from ’11 highs ended in July.
Alternatively, a break lower would warn that the market hasn’t yet completed its impulsive decline.
This would open potential to extend towards 966 (a 1.618 extension target from the January high).
Silver Daily/Monthly – The level to watch here is 13.98-13.83. This includes the previous low from Aug. 26th and the trend across the lows since Jun. ’03.
Although the wave count on Silver is a lot less evident than the one for Gold, it is apparent that rallies have all met ABC targets insinuating that rallies lack impulse. On a more positive note, daily oscillators are crossing higher from the bottom of its range.
Put another way, the balance of signals seems mixed; 13.98-13.83 does however look significant.
the gold mining community is feeling the pinch. These low prices, coupled with the fact that physical demand is rising, has created the perfect conditions for a supply crunch in the near future.
Half of the gold coming from mines may not be viable at current prices, underscoring the industry’s need for consolidation and output cuts, according to the best-performing producer of the metal in the past decade.
“The more we continue to produce unprofitable gold, the more pressure we put on the gold price,” Randgold Resources Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Mark Bristow said in an interview in Toronto on Friday.
“In the medium term, it’s a very bullish outlook for the gold industry. The question is, how long are we going to supply it with unprofitable gold?”
Gold fell to a five-year low on Friday as a rising dollar and speculation that U.S. policy makers will boost interest rates next month curbed the appeal of bullion as a store of value.
While industrial metal producers have promised output cuts, “we don’t have that psyche in the gold industry, we just send it off our mine and somebody buys it,” Bristow said.
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It looks highly likely Smurf is going to be in Production very soon. It will be fun when the market actually comprehends things. I predict allot more news flow and even some more Grigor announcements.
