I have mining on my mind today, I’m looking to trade them on the long side today if they show any sort of strength (every dog has his day). And I’m hoping that the sentiment for this post goes along the line of; “ here is another douche trying to pick a bottom on the mining stocks”
4 instances is not enough to take any historical data seriously, but how many times have you seen a non leverage ETF go down 20% in 2 weeks? It has happened 4 times on the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) and here are the results 5 days later;
Here is a sample size with 30 trades of when the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) has gone down over 20% in month;
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