Beware of False Breaks in Gold

Last week I wrote that the stock market had veered away from the course of a mega-bear market.

The rebound in the stock market has triggered several breadth thrusts, which (usually after a correction or bear market) signal more upside in the immediate future. It is not a coincidence that Gold and Silver formed nasty reversals around the same time. 

Nevertheless, the risk of a recession remains in place, and the Federal Reserve will not be able to tighten, if any more, much longer.

For Gold, this setup implies potential for immediate headwinds but a turn to clear bullish skies if the economy weakens further, which is a question of if, not when. 

The nature of Gold is one of quite a few false breaks before a big move in the opposite direction. Let me return to that point in a moment.

Gold remains in a very bullish cup and handle pattern. It could trade down to $1600 and remain in this long-term bullish consolidation.

The key level in the medium term is $1800. Numerous moving averages and Fibonacci retracements are filling in around $1800. Holding above $1800 would imply that a move to a breakout is very close. 

A sustained move below $1800 would not necessarily be a false breakdown, but we have to be careful about over-emphasizing bearish chart moves in the context of looming bullish fundamentals.

The two major bottoms in the past 15 years (October 2008 and August 2018) occurred soon after technical breakdowns. In addition, note what happened after Gold broke trendline support and $1675. 

Gold could struggle in the short term. It could break $1800 and perhaps break another important support level. 

But the history of Gold includes many breaks that did not pan out. I showed you three, and another was the breakout to an all-time high in the summer of 2020.

The bird’s eye view shows Gold can break lower while the handle channel (on the cup and handle pattern) remains intact. Gold would remain in position to launch to a breakout when the prevailing narrative changes to a weakening economy and lower interest rates.

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