Gold, Silver, and the U.S. Dollar
Review & Outlook
for the Rest of 2016

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Originally Posted on 12/19/2016 @4:29am

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Gold & Silver - Bull or Bear

In the minds of many market traders, Gold and Silver are still in a bear market, however, as long as Gold and Silver finish 2016 above their lows for the year, it will be a positive signal for the future of the precious metals in the market’s psyche.  

Gold’s 2016 low was $1060.50, and Silver’s was $13.72, both lows were made in January of 2016, so far it looks like they should stay above this level, in addition, the end of the year trade should have light volume.

Although, Gold and Silver may come close to these levels as traders sell their losing assets to offset their Capital Gain taxes for the year.

Time will tell if the bull or bear market will rule for gold and silver in 2016.

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GOLD

Last week, gold continued to drop as the stock market continued to rise.  Also, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates which didn’t help gold.  

But as many of you know, who have read the posts from this guide, the markets have based this stock rally on Trump’s rhetoric and their expectations of what will come from that rhetoric; not on actions.

This is why this rally will fall apart next year or sooner; this is explained at length in the Trump’s QE post.

In the chart below, Gold’s ‘falling expanding wedge’ continues to grow wider, and its MACD and RSI (bottom indicators) continue to trade on the floor.  All of these signals are bullish for the precious metal. 

I also point out in gold’s chart, the absolute last rising trend-line that could be drawn from gold’s bottom price which happened late in 2015; there is one in silver’s chart too.

To be honest, the rising trend-line in gold’s chart is weaker than the one in silver's chart (below), my point being that gold’s rising trend-line was drawn using its chart’s highs and lows or shadows, and silver’s rising trend-line was drawn using its chart’s closes and openings.

These are all positives signs for gold in early 2017, but, it needs to stay above the year’s low of $1060.50 to end the year on a positive note.

Charts provided courtesy of TradingView.com

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Gold's Price Resistance &
Support Levels

Gold's Resistance Level

$1225.00

$1200.00

$1180.00

Gold's Support Levels

$1120.00

$1100.00

$1060.50

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SILVER

Last week, silver continued to trade inside its falling expanding wedge.

The same reasons for gold’s fall in price can be blamed for silver’s fall in price which were caused by the Fed’s hiking interest rates, and the stock markets continued euphoric rise.

In the chart below, I’ve indicated Silver's rising trend-line and its 2016 low of $13.72, which it will need to stay above to have a positive year and to give the indication that silver’s bear market has been broken.

Charts provided courtesy of TradingView.com

Silver's Price Resistance and
Support Levels

Silver's Resistance Level

$17.10

$16.85

$16.45

Silver's Support Level

$15.85

$15.65

$15.15

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US DOLLAR

The biggest reason the U.S. Dollar was up for the week is the same reason gold and silver was down; the Federal Reserve raised Interest Rates.                                                                     

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Charts provided courtesy of TradingView.com

Usually, a rising dollar hurts the stock market because a large portion of the U.S. economy is based on selling goods abroad and when the dollar is up, it makes our exports more expensive in foreign markets; this is another reason why the stock market’s euphoric rise is overblown.

In the chart above, the U.S. dollar has broken above the rising expanding wedge, which isn’t a good sign, as seen in the chart below from the Pattern Gallery.

There is also a possible head and shoulders top forming in the U.S. Dollar’s MACD & RSI (bottom indicators), however, they haven’t fully developed yet, so we’ll just have to let time show how it plays out.

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U.S. Dollar's Price Resistance and Support Levels

U.S. Dollar's Resistance Level

$103.50

U.S. Dollar's Support Level

$101.00

$100.20

$99.75

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Music

This week I couldn’t get away from Christmas music, then I heard the Christmas version of Pachelbel's Canon in D, so I posted the Non-Christmas, original version because it works well for Christmas & New Years.

I hope you have a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Stay Safe,

Steve

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