Gold And Silver Technicals

As we said yesterday, the short-term set up on gold is bullish and inherently we recommend a cautious buy if a breakout of $1290 is given. Prices could continue higher should it break pass previous resistance at $1298 and the psychological level of $1300. Potentially, prices could retest $1321 and short covering rally may push the current rebound higher. Despite that, the medium term bearish perception has not changed. Once the rebound rally is exhausted, we would strongly recommend our readers to short sell the yellow metal again. Commerzbank Bullion weekly argued that strong resistance will prevail at $1300 and $1321 area.

Only a break above $1300 will give the bulls more rooms to push higher and force some short covering. The corrective phase in prices may continue higher and should $1338 taken out then higher high is possible. It could also mean that gold did bottom out at $1180 (in the short term) and for now that will be key support. Meanwhile, there are many resistances at higher prices and the dollar index will play a big role to determine where prices may go in the next few weeks.

In the meantime, we anticipate higher prices in the short run and will sell the rebound rallies to target previous low of $1180 again. Below is the eight-hour chart that show divergence as the RSI has reached previous ceiling and the stochastic heading lower when prices moved higher. This is a classic case that a possible market top is in place but we will continue to monitor the movement.

Gold

• Resistance: $1300.86, $1310, $1350
• Support: $1277, $1267, $1208

With a stronger dollar index and despite dovish remark from Chairman Bernanke, gold and silver posted weaker numbers. Silver headed lower and found support at $19.27 but we continue to warn the downtrend still persists and we fear that the rebound will be short lived. Any rallies must be sold but we are also aware that the market is near a bottom before it looks to consolidate in this downtrend. With gold prospect being negative, Silver prices fare no better in the short and medium term.

Silver

• Resistance: $20.30, $20.44, $21.59
• Support: $18.20, $18.00

Traders Notes: Stay on the side line. Only a break above $21.60 will give the bulls more ammo to retrace higher. Traders Notes: Dip buyers are cautiously buying with a stop loss at $1150 – buying area is $1180/$1200/$1225 to go long. Expect a short period of short covering before the market resume lower. Short sellers are looking to short at $1318 and $1330 area target remains open at the moment. Stop loss is advice at £1350 area.

Robert Jillies is technical analyst at sharpspixley