Silver Editorials & Commentary

Silver is on a major sell signal. SLV is on short-term buy signal. COT data is favorable for overall higher prices.

The long term signal on the broad market is now neutral. Current investing model favors bonds, therefore, investors should be overweighed with long bonds or bond ETFs for safety.

Stocks were mixed on Wednesday, as investors hesitated following Tuesday’s decline. The S&P 500 index reached the new record high of 2,964.15 on Friday. Then it broke below the 2,950 mark and it retraced most of the recent rally. So was it a downward reversal or...

The series of higher oil prices appears to be over as today, we might see the bulls’ power tested. Where can the bears aim realistically and what is most likely to happen next? These are certainly valid questions as the oil price has reached an important resistance...

Silver will likely find resistance near $15.60 and move slightly lower before another upside price leg takes place.  Both gold and silver have begun incredible price rallies over the past 10+ days and we believe this is just the start of a much bigger price trend...

If you have followed us since December 2018, then you know we were expecting a major bottom in the cryptocurrency market, and expecting 2019 to be very bullish. In February we wrote an article suggesting an imminent wave two bottom, which proved correct, holding...

Breaking News:  COMEX paper gold contracts closed on Friday, June 21, at $1,400.10, up from $1,274 on May 22. Silver closed at $15.29, up from $14.41 on May 29. The S&P 500 Index hit a new all-time high on June 20.

By comparison to quite a few previous sessions, yesterday’s might seem uneventful. That was not the case however. The markets never sleep – they offer plenty of insights, hinting at their next moves. Evaluating these, and the directions they point to, brings strong...

Gold prices have broken out of a massive multi-year consolidation pattern to the upside. That suggests the possibility of a massive multi-year rally ahead!

The S&P500 is up 18% and powering toward its biggest first half since 1997. For bulls, things are great. Will they get any better? To a handful of cross-asset strategists who turned skeptical on stocks before this week’s manic sessions, that’s becoming the most...

The broad stock market extended its bull market on Friday, as the S&P 500 index reached the new record high of 2,964.15. But it reversed its intraday upward course and closed slightly below the Thursday’s closing price. So was it a downward reversal or just...

On this first full weekend of Summer, we thought we would revisit our June 3, 2019 research post regarding a price pattern we love to trade – the Fibonacci Extension Bounce.  This pattern sets up fairly often and the key to understanding this pattern and where these...

Summary: Long-term – on sell signal. Short-term – on buy signal. Cycle is up. COT data is favorable for overall higher silver prices. 

After the incredible week we've seen, with the Fed leaving rates unchanged and precious metals rocketing higher above their previous five-year highs, it's time we pay attention to what's happening in the financial sector and the US stock market majors.

Current investing model favors bonds, therefore, investors should be overweighed with long bonds or bond ETFs for safety.

Behind the scenes, the financial war between America and China is escalating dangerously into a war to secure global financial resources.

Most of us understand “there’s no free lunch.” Someone must pay for the products and services we use. The acronym is TANSTAAFL, or “There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.” The saying has been around for decades, even prior to Robert Heinlein’s “The Moon is A...

Few analysts realize that for the past decade, the global economy has been propped up by the U.S. Shale Oil Ponzi Scheme.  Without the huge increase in U.S. shale oil production, the global economy would have peaked and collapsed into a severe depression.  And...

Yesterday, we’ve heard the ECB President speak and tomorrow, it’s the Fed’s turn. What about the time in between? Well, the markets still move and it’s our job to be positioned accordingly so as to profit from whatever is unfolding. And what kind of opportunities we...

Uncle Sam is going broke. That’s not exactly news – at least not to anyone who has been paying attention to the sorry state of federal finances.

The second week of June played out as a high-level consolidation with the Emini S&P500 (ES) moving in a tight horizontal flag ranging between 2911.50 and 2867.25. This meant that the bulls were very strong as price was unable to retrace even 23% of the first...

Stocks continued to fluctuate on Friday, as investors awaited this week’s Wednesday’s Fed Rate Decision release. The S&P 500 index reached the new local high on Tuesday and then it came back below the 2,900 mark. So was it a downward reversal or just correction...

Our researchers, at The Technical Traders Ltd, as identified a unique price to volatility relationship and that VIX index.  The calculations required to compute the VIX index are composed of a number of factors. That final value of the VIX index is reported on an...

On this day, celebrating fathers and all they do for families and their children, we thought we would share some really interesting research regarding the next six months trading expectations in the NASDAQ and what it means for your trading account.  One element of...

“The perfect storm” has become a cliché, but the current setup for a 2019 recession just became so text-book perfect in alignment of the three most critical recessionary forces that I have to use it.

Current investing model favors bonds, therefore, investors should be overweighed with long bonds or bond ETFs for safety.

Silver is on a major sell signal. Summary: Long-term – on sell signal. Short-term – on buy signal. Cycle is up. COT data is favorable for overall higher silver prices. 

For the first time in nearly 30 years the Chinese central bank and the Banking Regulatory Commission announced it would take control of one of its banks. The troubled Mongolia-based Baoshang Bank had assets of 576 billion yuan ($84 billion) and its seizure is...

Crude oil bulls proved weaker and the strength they attempted to project yesterday, evaporated to a considerable degree. Neither today, do they appear any stronger. Given the rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, one could expect a stronger performance....

After a period of economic prosperity, it is a given that eventually a period of economic decline will follow. This is a well-known reality. Since at least the early 80s there has been a period of great economic prosperity. Yes, there were many recessions during...

The top primary silver miners in the world saw their production yield fall to the lowest level ever in 2018.  Since 2005, the average yield from the top silver miners has fallen nearly in half.  And along with rising oil prices, has pushed up the total cost to...

Wednesday’s trading session was slightly bearish, as investors took more short-term profits off the table following the recent advances. However, the daily trading range was very narrow. The S&P 500 index reached the new local high on Tuesday and then it came...

Several recent articles have highlighted a surge of silver imports to India, prompting me to take a closer look. India has always been a big buyer of silver and gold, befitting the traditions and culture of the country with the world’s second largest population.

Although there are a dozen good reasons why the bull market should flame out, like, tomorrow, there’s nothing in the long-term charts to suggest this is likely. A friend and fellow permabear sent me an Elliott Wave theorist’s prediction that the sensational run-up...

A bump from Donald Trump’s thump on Mexico’s head is causing the US stock market to swell this week. Trump tariffied the market last week because his new threat against all things Mexican seemed to say Trump might use tariffs as leverage to get anything he wants....

Yesterday’s bullish attempt has met a swift response and the oil price powerfully reversed lower. Earlier today, the bulls are pushing higher again, though less vigorously than yesterday or the day before. Do they have any aces up their sleeves? The risk appetite is...

Although the S&P500 and the Dow Industrials have been in explosive rallies for the last five days, traders appear skeptical, if not to say skittish. As the take-no-prisoners short squeeze has unfolded, a widely watched ‘fear indicator’ has refused to give ground...

Even though the silver price has sold off today, it doesn’t mean the rally that started two weeks ago is over. While the silver price was down more than 40 cents today, it may be retesting a support level before heading higher. However, it doesn’t help that it took...

After an incredible rally in Natural Gas that our researchers called perfectly in November 2018, another opportunity for an upside price move appears to be setting up for later this year. We believe the current price lows, near $2.30, are setting up for a bounce and...

A “perfect storm” is brewing for midwestern farmers. Unending rains have led to the flooding of tens of millions of acres of farmland. The deluge comes on the heels of years of low crop prices.