{"id":5596,"date":"2012-09-26T22:23:04","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T02:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=5596"},"modified":"2012-09-26T22:23:04","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T02:23:04","slug":"dollar-down-gold-up-but-crude-falls-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/26\/dollar-down-gold-up-but-crude-falls-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dollar bounce, gold and copper retrace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dollar Index is retracing to test resistance at 81.00\/81.50. Respect would confirm the primary down-trend, as indicated by 63-day Twiggs Momentum below zero.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2012\/2012-09-27-dxy.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"US Dollar Index\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:.9em;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">* Target calculation: 81 &#8211; ( 84 &#8211; 81 ) = 78<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Spot Gold is retracing below resistance at $1800 per ounce*. A 63-day Twiggs Momentum trough above zero would signal a primary up-trend. Breakout above $1800 would confirm, indicating rising inflation expectations in response to QE3.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2012\/2012-09-27-gold.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Spot Gold\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:.9em;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">* Target calculation: 1650 + ( 1650 &#8211; 1500 ) = 1800<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copper is also retracing. Respect of 8000 would be a bullish sign. Again, a 63-day Twiggs Momentum trough above zero would indicate a primary up-trend. Breakout above 8600 would confirm, indicating that global economic activity is reviving. Failure of support at 8000 would suggest the opposite.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2012\/2012-09-27-copper.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Copper\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brent Crude is falling after breaking support at $112 per barrel. 63-Day Twiggs Momentum below zero warns of a primary down-trend. The fall, despite increased inflation expectations, reflects slowing economic activity rather than increased security. Syria and Iran remain concerns in the Middle East. Test of support at $100 would warn of another down-turn.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2012\/2012-09-27-crude.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ICE Brent Crude Afternoon Markers\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dollar Index is retracing to test resistance at 81.00\/81.50. Respect would confirm the primary down-trend, as indicated by 63-day Twiggs Momentum below zero. * Target calculation: 81 &#8211; ( 84 &#8211; 81 ) = 78 Spot Gold is retracing below resistance at $1800 per ounce*. A 63-day Twiggs Momentum trough above zero would signal &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/26\/dollar-down-gold-up-but-crude-falls-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dollar bounce, gold and copper retrace&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,35],"tags":[495,815,861,1073,1580,3204],"class_list":["post-5596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gold-commodities","category-us-dollar-index","tag-brent-crude","tag-copper","tag-crb-commodities-index","tag-dollar-index","tag-gold-bugs-index","tag-spot-gold"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dollar bounce, gold and copper retrace - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dollar bounce, gold and copper retrace - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Dollar Index is retracing to test resistance at 81.00\/81.50. 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Breakout above 83.50\/84.00 would signal an advance to 86.00* in the next few weeks and to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gold &amp; Commodities&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gold &amp; Commodities","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/gold-commodities\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5963,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/31\/gold-and-dollar-test-support-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5596,"position":3},"title":"Gold and dollar test support","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"October 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Dollar Index (daily chart) broke medium-term resistance at 80 before retracing to test the new support level. Penetration of the descending trendline indicates the correction has ended. A long tail on Wednesday indicates (short-term) buying pressure; respect of support would signal an advance to 81. But the primary trend\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gold &amp; Commodities&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gold &amp; Commodities","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/gold-commodities\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4614,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/14\/dollar-gold-crude-oil-and-commodities\/","url_meta":{"origin":5596,"position":4},"title":"Dollar, gold, crude oil and commodities","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"June 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Dollar Index is retracing to test support at 81.50. Respect would confirm the primary up-trend, offering a long-term target of the 2010 high at 89. 63-Day Twiggs Momentum oscillating above zero indicates a healthy up-trend. Spot Gold is rallying to test resistance around $1650\/ounce -- at the descending trendline\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gold &amp; Commodities&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gold &amp; Commodities","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/gold-commodities\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5330,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/23\/gold-breaks-out-on-dollar-weakness\/","url_meta":{"origin":5596,"position":5},"title":"Gold breaks out on dollar weakness","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"August 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Raised expectations of further quantitative easing by the Fed caused the Dollar to fall sharply. Penetration of the rising trendline by the US Dollar Index would warn that a top is forming. Reversal of 63-day Twiggs Momentum below zero would suggest a primary trend reversal. Respect of support, however, would\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gold &amp; Commodities&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gold &amp; Commodities","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/gold-commodities\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}