{"id":5739,"date":"2012-10-11T00:41:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T04:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=5739"},"modified":"2012-10-11T00:41:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T04:41:53","slug":"gold-and-commodities-wait-on-the-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/11\/gold-and-commodities-wait-on-the-dollar\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold and commodities wait on the dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dollar Index rally recovered and is headed for a test of resistance at 81.00\/81.50. Respect of resistance would confirm the primary down-trend. Reversal of 63-day Twiggs Momentum below zero also signals a\u00a0primary down-trend; a peak below zero would strengthen the signal.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"US Dollar Index\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2012\/2012-10-11-dxy.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/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>Gold and commodities await clear direction from the dollar which, in turn, is dependent on the inflation outlook. Spot Gold encountered strong resistance at $1800 per ounce*. A 63-day Twiggs Momentum trough above zero would signal a primary up-trend, while breakout above $1800 would confirm. Reversal below $1740 is unlikely but would warn of another correction.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Spot Gold\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2012\/2012-10-11-gold.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/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>The RJ-CRB Commodities Index has been de-listed so I am now using the DJ-UBS Commodity Index, which retraced to test support at 145\/146. Respect would indicate another test of resistance at 150\/152 &#8212; as suggested by recovery of\u00a063-day Twiggs Momentum above zero &#8212; while failure would warn of another test of primary support at 125.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"DJ-UBS Commodity Index\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2012\/2012-10-11-dubs.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brent Crude rallied off support at $108 per barrel and is headed for another test of $117. Breakout would advance to the 2012 high of $125\/$126. The small 63-day Twiggs Momentum trough above zero suggests a primary up-trend.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"ICE Brent Crude Afternoon Markers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2012\/2012-10-11-crude.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:.9em;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">* Target calculation: 117 + ( 117 &#8211; 108 ) = 126<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dollar Index rally recovered and is headed for a test of resistance at 81.00\/81.50. Respect of resistance would confirm the primary down-trend. Reversal of 63-day Twiggs Momentum below zero also signals a\u00a0primary down-trend; a peak below zero would strengthen the signal. * Target calculation: 81 &#8211; ( 84 &#8211; 81 ) = 78 Gold &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/11\/gold-and-commodities-wait-on-the-dollar\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gold and commodities wait on the dollar&#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":[495,1064,1073,3204],"class_list":["post-5739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gold-commodities","category-us-dollar-index","tag-brent-crude","tag-dj-ubs-commodity-index","tag-dollar-index","tag-spot-gold"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gold and commodities wait on the dollar - 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=\"Gold and commodities wait on the dollar - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Dollar Index rally recovered and is headed for a test of 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":5267,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/14\/dollar-up-trend-continues-gold-finds-support-commodities-range-widely\/","url_meta":{"origin":5739,"position":3},"title":"Dollar up-trend continues, gold finds support, commodities range widely","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"August 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The US Dollar Index is testing support at 81.50\/82.00. Respect of support and the rising trendline would confirm the primary up-trend is intact, offering a target of 86.00*. Breakout above 83.50\/84.00 would confirm the advance. In the longer term, expect a test of the 2010 high at 88.50. Oscillation of\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":5401,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/06\/dollar-weak-gold-bugs-double-bottom\/","url_meta":{"origin":5739,"position":4},"title":"Dollar weak, Gold Bugs double bottom","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"September 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Dollar Index is testing primary support at 81.00. Downward breakout would warn of reversal to a primary down-trend. Fall of 63-day Twiggs Momentum below zero would strengthen the warning, while respect of zero would continue the primary up-trend. * Target calculation: 82 + ( 82 - 78 ) =\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":5448,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/13\/dollar-weak-gold-bugs-double-bottom-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5739,"position":5},"title":"Dollar down-trend, gold and commodities rally","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"September 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Dollar Index broke primary support at 81.00 and the rising trendline on the weekly chart, signaling reversal to a primary down-trend. Fall of 63-day Twiggs Momentum below zero strengthens the signal. Expect retracement to test the new resistance level at 81.00\/82.00. Respect is likely and would confirm the primary\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\/5739","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=5739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}