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The first target at 1,452 was almost met this week with a high at 1,450.65.

Summary: A sharp reversal and bearish candlestick pattern on the daily chart puts the breakout in some doubt.

Both bullish and bearish Elliott wave counts remain valid. The bearish case has some support from classic technical analysis after Friday’s sharp reversal. Confidence may be had if price makes a new low below 1,346.45.

The bullish Elliott wave count now expects a continuation of upwards movement next week to 1,565.

Grand SuperCycle analysis is here.

Last monthly charts are here.

Overall, the bearish wave counts still have a higher probability based upon Elliott wave structures. However, it would be best to leave price to invalidate either the bullish or bearish scenario before having confidence in which is correct.

BEARISH ELLIOTT WAVE COUNTS

MAIN WEEKLY CHART

Gold Elliott Wave Chart Weekly 2019
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It remains possible that the bear market for Gold may yet continue. It is possible that cycle wave b may be complete. Cycle wave b may be a double zigzag.

Double zigzags are common structures, but within them their X waves are almost always single zigzags that are relatively brief and shallow. However, this wave count sees primary wave X as a complete double combination: zigzag – X – expanded flat.

An X wave may occasionally subdivide as a multiple. In a multiple the maximum number of corrective structures is three: W, Y and Z. To label any one of W, Y or Z as a multiple would violate the Elliott wave rule. Here, the rule is met.

Primary wave Y may be a complete zigzag. Within the zigzag, intermediate wave (C) is just 0.52 short of equality in length with intermediate wave (A).

The purpose of a second zigzag in a double zigzag is to deepen the correction when the first zigzag does not move price far enough. This purpose has been achieved.

A new low now by any amount at any time frame below 1,346.45 would invalidate the bullish wave count below and provide some confidence in this wave count.

DAILY CHART

Gold Elliott Wave Chart Daily 2019
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This chart focusses on the impulse of intermediate wave (C).

Intermediate wave (C) may now be a complete impulse.

Gold often exhibits surprisingly short and brief fifth waves out of its fourth wave triangles, and this wave count expects that it may have done so here. This wave count follows common tendencies for this market.

Cycle wave c should move below the end of cycle wave a at 1,046.27 to avoid a truncation. Cycle wave c may only subdivide as a five wave structure, most likely an impulse. Within cycle wave c, primary wave 2 may not move beyond the start of primary wave 1 above 1,450.65.

HOURLY CHART

Gold Elliott Wave Chart Hourly 2019
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The fist five down from the high may be incomplete. This is labelled minor wave 1 as an incomplete impulse.

When minor wave 1 is complete, then minor wave 2 may not move beyond its start above 1,450.65.

ALTERNATE WEEKLY CHART

Gold Elliott Wave Chart Weekly 2019
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This wave count has been published before. Now that it diverges from the main bearish wave count, it is time to publish it again.

It remains possible that cycle wave b is an incomplete double zigzag.

The first zigzag in the double is seen in the same way for both bearish wave counts, a zigzag labelled primary wave W.

This alternate bearish wave count sees primary wave X as a different structure, a regular contracting triangle, that ends at a different point. Primary wave Y must subdivide as a zigzag if cycle wave b is a double zigzag. Within primary wave Y, intermediate wave (A) may now be complete, and intermediate wave (B) may not move beyond the start of intermediate wave (A) below 1,266.61.

ALTERNATE DAILY CHART

Gold Elliott Wave Chart Daily 2019
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Within primary wave Y, intermediate wave (A) may now be a complete five wave impulse.

Intermediate wave (B) may unfold over a few weeks. Intermediate wave (B) may subdivide as any one of more than 23 possible corrective Elliott wave structures. It may be a quick sharp pullback as a zigzag, or it may be a time consuming sideways consolidation as a combination, flat or triangle.

Intermediate wave (B) should exhibit weakness.

BULLISH ELLIOTT WAVE COUNT

WEEKLY CHART

Gold Elliott Wave Chart Weekly 2019
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This wave count sees the the bear market complete at the last major low for Gold in November 2015.

If Gold is in a new bull market, then it should begin with a five wave structure upwards on the weekly chart. However, the biggest problem with this wave count is the structure labelled cycle wave I because this wave count must see it as a five wave structure, but it looks more like a three wave structure.

Commodities often exhibit swift strong fifth waves that force the fourth wave corrections coming just prior and just after to be more brief and shallow than their counterpart second waves. It is unusual for a commodity to exhibit a quick second wave and a more time consuming fourth wave, and this is how cycle wave I is labelled. This wave count still suffers from this very substantial problem, and for this reason a bearish wave count is still considered above as it has a better fit in terms of Elliott wave structure.

Cycle wave II subdivides well as a double combination: zigzag – X – expanded flat.

Cycle wave III may have begun. Within cycle wave III, primary waves 1 and 2 may now be complete. If it continues lower as a double zigzag, then primary wave 2 may not move beyond the start of primary wave 1 below 1,160.75.

Cycle wave III so far for this wave count would have been underway now for 47 weeks. It may be beginning to exhibit some support from volume and increasing ATR. If this increase continues, then this wave count would have some support from technical analysis.

Draw an acceleration channel about primary waves 1 and 2: draw the first trend line from the end of primary wave 1 to the last high, then place a parallel copy on the last high. Keep redrawing the channel as price continues higher. When primary wave 3 is complete, then this channel would be drawn using Elliott’s first technique about the impulse. The lower edge may provide support.

Primary wave 4 may not move into primary wave 1 price territory below 1,346.45. Because the data used for this analysis is cash market data no overlap between primary waves 4 and 1 should be allowed. The invalidation point is absolute.

DAILY CHART

Gold Elliott Wave Chart Daily 2019
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This daily chart focusses on the impulse of primary wave 3.

Primary wave 3 may only subdivide as an impulse. Within the impulse, intermediate waves (1) through to (4) are all now complete. It is possible that intermediate wave (5) could be over at the last high, but for this wave count it would look more normal if it continued higher.

When it arrives, then primary wave 4 may not move into primary wave 1 price territory below 1,346.45.

HOURLY CHART

Gold Elliott Wave Chart Hourly 2019
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Intermediate wave (5) may only subdivide as a five wave structure, either an impulse or an ending diagonal. Fifth waves to end third waves one degree higher, as this one is, almost always subdivide as impulses (that is what shall be expected).

Within intermediate wave (5), minor wave 1 may be complete. Although minor wave 1 looks like a three wave structure, it has a more time consuming second wave and a brief shallow fourth wave; this is normal for this market, so this is acceptable.

Minor wave 2 may not move beyond the start of minor wave 1 below 1,400.64.

If this wave count is invalidated at the hourly chart level, it would indicate that primary wave 3 should be labelled as complete at the last high. At that stage, it would be expected that primary wave 4 should be underway and the invalidation point at 1,346.45 would apply.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

MONTHLY CHART

Gold Monthly 2019
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Gold has effected an upwards breakout above multi-year resistance and above the cyan bear market trend line. Look for next resistance identified on the chart.

WEEKLY CHART

Gold Weekly 2019
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A new high this week now exhibits some bearish divergence between price and RSI. However, as has been seen recently, sometimes this divergence simply disappears.

The bottom line remains that a multi year breakout occurred a few weeks ago, and it occurred with strength in volume. While price remains above support about 1,377 and ADX indicates an upwards trend, this chart will remain overall bullish.

DAILY CHART

Gold Daily 2019
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The breakout from the pennant pattern looks suspicious after a sharp downturn on Friday. The target was not met.

Now a strong bearish reversal pattern has completed, which has support from volume. The upwards trend remains very extreme. RSI here reached overbought and now exhibits strong bearish divergence with price.

Look out for either another more time consuming consolidation to relieve extreme conditions before the upwards trend can resume, or a trend change. This is essentially the bullish and bearish case for the Elliott wave counts both seen in this chart.

GDX WEEKLY CHART

GDX Weekly 2019
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The upwards trend continues, but conditions are now overbought. This can continue for a while during a strong trend. At this stage, there are no signs of a reversal.

This week volume offers some support to upwards movement.

GDX DAILY CHART

GDX Daily 2019
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A short-term target taken from the width of the last consolidation may be about 28.02.

The trend is very extreme and conditions are overbought, but there is still zero evidence of a trend change. Assume the trend remains the same until proven otherwise.

Proven otherwise would be a new swing low below 24.53 or a strong bearish candlestick reversal pattern.

Published @ 11:59 p.m. EST.


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