{"id":6961,"date":"2013-03-14T01:45:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T05:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=6961"},"modified":"2013-03-14T01:45:08","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T05:45:08","slug":"gold-finds-support-while-the-dollar-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/14\/gold-finds-support-while-the-dollar-rises\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold finds support while the Dollar rises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spot gold is testing primary support at $1500 to $1550. Reversal of 13-week Twiggs Momentum warns of a reversal and failure of support at $1500 would confirm. A Twiggs Momentum peak below zero would strengthen the signal.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Spot Gold\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2013\/2013-03-14-gold-m.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" \/><br \/>\nOn the weekly chart we can see respect of support at $1550 is likely to be followed by a rally to test the February 26 high at $1620. That is likely to be followed by a re-test of support at $1550 but breakout above $1620 and the trend channel would indicate an advance to $1800.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Spot Gold\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2013\/2013-03-14-gold-w.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" \/><br \/>\nMy conclusion is similar to last week:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color:#eeeeff;\"><p>I am not yet convinced that gold is headed for a primary down-trend. We may be in a low-inflation\/deflationary environment right now but central bank expansionary policies will counteract this. Watch out for bear traps. Respect of primary support around $1500 could present a buying opportunity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Dollar Index<\/h3>\n<p>A stronger dollar contributes to weaker gold prices. Breakout of the Dollar Index above 84.00 would signal an advance to 89.00\/90.00. Rising momentum suggests continuation of the up-trend.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Dollar Index\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2013\/2013-03-14-dxy.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Crude Oil<\/h3>\n<p>A long-term view shows Brent and Nymex Crude ranging at far higher prices than in the lead up to the GFC. High crude prices continue to inhibit the global recovery. Breakout of Nymex above $100\/barrel and Brent Crude above $120 would signal a primary up-trend &#8212; and more bad news for the recovery &#8212; while failure of primary support at $84 and $106\/barrel, respectively, would signal a primary down-trend.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Brent Crude and Nymex Crude\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2013\/2013-03-14-crude.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Commodities<\/h3>\n<p>Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index found support at 126, but&#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Commodities\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2013\/2013-03-14-dubs.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Continuous Commodity Index has already broken its equivalent support level.\u00a0 Respect of resistance at 29 would confirm another down-swing to test the June 2012 lows. The Dow Jones-UBS Index would most likely follow.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Continuous Commodities Index\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2013\/2013-03-14-gcc.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spot gold is testing primary support at $1500 to $1550. Reversal of 13-week Twiggs Momentum warns of a reversal and failure of support at $1500 would confirm. A Twiggs Momentum peak below zero would strengthen the signal. On the weekly chart we can see respect of support at $1550 is likely to be followed by &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/14\/gold-finds-support-while-the-dollar-rises\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gold finds support while the Dollar rises&#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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,35],"tags":[810,1073,1127,1779,2529,3204],"class_list":["post-6961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gold-commodities","category-us-dollar-index","tag-continuous-commodity-index","tag-dollar-index","tag-dow-jones-ubs-commodity-index","tag-ice-brent-crude","tag-nymex-wti-light-crude","tag-spot-gold"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gold finds support while the Dollar rises - 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 finds support while the Dollar rises - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spot gold is testing primary support at $1500 to $1550. 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On the weekly\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":4767,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/05\/commodities-rebound\/","url_meta":{"origin":6961,"position":2},"title":"Commodities rebound","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"July 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The US Dollar Index continues to respect support at 81.00, indicating another test of resistance at 83.50 on the Weekly chart. Breakout would offer a target of 86.00*. 63-Day Twiggs Momentum oscillating above the zero line indicates a healthy 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":6892,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/07\/gold-tests-1550ounce\/","url_meta":{"origin":6961,"position":3},"title":"Gold tests $1550\/ounce","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"March 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Spot gold is consolidating between $1570 and $1585\/ounce on the 2-hourly chart. Upward breakout would re-test the February 26 high at $1620. Downward breakout would test support at $1550. This can be seen on the weekly chart, where respect of support at $1550 would test the upper trend channel at\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":6961,"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":7452,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/10\/time-to-short-gold\/","url_meta":{"origin":6961,"position":5},"title":"Time to short Gold?","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"April 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Quartz reports that Goldman Sachs recommend investors sell gold short: Now Goldman Sachs commodities analysts suggest the selloff in the yellow metal could be about to gain momentum. In a research note Wednesday they write not even the stress over Cyprus could generate much of a rally in gold prices.\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\/6961","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=6961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}