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Monday, February 10, 2014

Gold Trend Feb 11/2014



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Long Term ~ Neutral - need a monthly close above 1800 to confirm the bull market final phase underway
Medium Term ~ Bearish - Need a close above 1293-1333 to neutralize
Intermediate Term ~ Bullish – 1272 GOT TAKEN OUT ON THE CLOSE but
we need the FRIDAY CLOSE ABOVE THERE ALSO.
Short Term ~ BULLISH –   we need a close above 1272 to keep uptrend going. 
We must hold 1222 on a closing basis otherwise the trend goes to neutral/bearish. 
 Initial Resistance 1287-1297 2nd tier 1313-1323
Initial Support 1243-1253 and 2nd tier 1222-1232

Last update listed 1262-1272 as resistance and the high was 1277.
Support was listed at 1243--1253 and the low was 1265.50.
Overview
It all comes down to Yellen testimony on Tuesday.  Or at least that is the most important thing.  If she says one wrong word --- yes, gold can take off.  But these things in the past have led to gold being contained or even weakness.  While it can be different, we still have to keep it in mind.
The Quiet before Yellen's Storm? S&P Unable To Breach 1800 Resistance
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/10/2014 - 16:09
US equity markets traded in a narrow range ahead of tomorrow's Yellen testimony with Trannies underperforming and Nasdaq outperforming. Cross-asset-class correlations picked up from their negligible levels on Friday as JPY (and increasingly 5Y bonds) are linked at the hip with stocks. The S&P cash tested almost up to 1,800 (but failed at 1799.94) then faded. Notably from the European close, equity handily outperformed credit markets - which ended closing near their widest of the day. Treasuries ended the day modestly bid (30y -2bps) but T-Bill yields are starting to reflect debt-ceiling concerns. The USD closed unch - drifting lower from overnight strength - but gold and silver rallied on the day (though faded of early highs). Late-day ramp efforts got the S&P green but failed to cross 1,800... and VIX decoupled on the ramp.
However if you have been following the Ukraine thing --- it is turning into a very serious situation between Russia – and Europe/USA.   Once the Olympics are done odds favor the cycles of War are going to escalate.  Gold HAS REACHED 1st TARGET RESISTANCE --- at the hourly trend line.  Thus 1287-1297 could be a peak for this week.  The 2nd target now looks to be the 1313-1322 area.  I don’t know which will be the one.  I can only say that these two zones are the most likely price points for this week.  The short term cycle window also is now open as Feb 14th (plus or minus 72 hours) is in play.  I don’t like how silver is acting as it can’t get above 20.30 so far --- so it too has reached 1st target zone as we hit 20.27 today.
The odds are 70% that we peak this week and pull back into month’s end.  There’s a 30% chance that we invert and move higher to month’s end, but the odds are smaller of course.  IF we do get an inversion --- we favor 1322-1333 as initial target.
One thing I forgot to mention on the signals page.  The high tonight is only a dollar away from the 34 week moving average.  We should see some resistance forming near here---at least initially.  That’s the odds.  Nothing is guaranteed.
There It Is: Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed For Companies With Under 100 Employees
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/10/2014 - 16:21
Just as we predicted it would happen, here it comes:

• OBAMACARE EMPLOYER MANDATE TO BE DELAYED FOR SOME COMPANIES
Specifically, according Bloomberg, businesses with 50-99 workers have until 2016 before being penalized for not providing health-care coverage to full-time workers, according to final regulations released by Treasury.

Will Austrian Bank Woes Be Again the Catalyst For A European Kondratieff Winter?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/10/2014 - 15:07

Sad affairs have been heating up in the tiny Alpine republic in the center of the European Union. While Austria experiences record unemployment at record growth rates and tax revenues  have fallen behind optimistic projections, the looming bankruptcy of a mid-sized regional bank, Hypo Group Alpe Adria (HGAA), may propel the country to the disdained position of being the catalyst for a new round of bank failures due to interwoven banks risks on both the domestic and the international level. On Monday Austrian financial market authority FMA publicly said what the official Austria never wanted to hear as it is now confronted with a widening public discussion on a problem it had surrealistically hoped to brush under the carpet. Austria's banking woes look eerily similar to the failure of Creditanstalt in 1931 that was the fuse for the last European Kondratieff winter.
As China Orders Its Smaller Banks To Load Up On Cash, Is The Biggest Ever "Unlimited QE" About To Be Unleashed?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/10/2014 - 11:46
The Chinese new year may be over which following a last minute bailout of its insolvent Credit Equals Gold Trust product was largely uneventful, but already concerns about domestic liquidity are once again rising to the surface following reports that China’s banking regulator ordered some of the nation’s smaller lenders to set aside more funds to avoid a cash shortfall, which as Bloomberg notes signal rising concern that defaults may climb. Which brings us to the question du jour: is the PBOC is laying the groundwork for what developed markets would call an open-ended liquidity injection which can be use to bail out one and all banks on an a la carte basis. Or, in the parlance of our times, the biggest QE bazooka of all because with total banking assets of nearly $25 trillion, said bazooka better be ready to fire at a moment's notice?
GOLD
Gold has risen 6 of the last 7 days, breaking back over $1,275 and closing at three-month highs as the last 3 days have seen stocks and precious metals bid. Silver is on a 7-day win streak holding above $20 for the last 3 days. Despite fading back from highs today, gold outperformed stocks and bonds (on a flat USD day) and gold remains the best-performing asset (+3.75%) from the December Taper.
Gold Short Term
Support is 1238-1248 and 1255 and resistance 1287-1297 as the upper channel line now has price in its critical test o it.  We have reached first weekly resistance by hitting that blue channel line zone.  That’s our resistance for Tuesday.   If gold busts above than the 1322-1333 area comes into play.
We got our 1272 close but that needs to be a Friday close above.
As long as we can hold the channel the upside still has potential to reach the upper channel line again. Support on a CLOSING basis is first at 1248-1255 this week and at 12628-1238.  The hourly chart lists resistance at 1292-1302. You can see how many spikes have hit near 1270-1275 and that is really the key to the coming week --- is we need to close above.  e targets laid out earlier in the update.
gold hourly price chart

 What Next?
China returns and Yellen testimony is on Tuesday.  
Bottom Line
The bottom line is favored 1287-1297 on Tuesday.

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