Last month I shared with you “Three Options To Go” for silver price, namely “Optimistic”, “Pessimistic” and the sideways option called “Extended consolidation” on one chart. Below are your bets for each option.
Most of you chose the “Optimistic” option where silver should continue to the upside after completing the correction. It’s a rare case when the minority was right as the “Pessimistic” scenario played out the next week after the post. The metal’s price dropped into the abyss at $11.64, reaching the 11-year low in the price area of distant January 2009. I think this move surprised not only me, although I said that it could reach $11 area, but even those who clicked the right answer as it was so quick as price sank within a few weeks from $16.66 for 30%!!!
Silver just can’t stop surprising us as it suddenly changes from latency mode to explosion mode and back, again and again.
The interesting thing happened next as price made a sharp V-turn into the $15 area after that insane drop. This could change the game not only for silver but also for gold, so be careful. Let’s see the updated weekly chart below.
Chart courtesy of tradingview.com
Although we saw a sharp drop in the silver price, it didn’t change the global map, which was posted almost three years ago in July of 2017. We are still in that old range that started back in December 2015 with the first move up (blue AB segment).
Two things changed since then. The first one is the structure of BC junction; it became more complicated as it consists of two big legs highlighted with a red zigzag, which in turn also has two smaller legs. The second change is the angle – we usually consider the consolidation to emerge within a flat range where the extremes of the left side coincide with the terminal points on the right side. This time the C point was established at a much lower level than the corresponding A point as the price pierced the range to the downside. The slope of the range now turned to the downside and targets for the CD segment may vary now.
I put the set of two possible targets for the second move up. The classic D1 point is located at the distance of the AB segment ($7.48) added to the C point ($11.64) at the $19.12. The price now is right in the middle of its way up to this target.
The next D2 target is located at the level of the B point at $21.13. This approach is simple as I consider that the market just wouldn’t stop until it tags the former top. If we apply the 1.272x ratio to the distance of the AB segment and add it to the C point, we will get the same level. This raises the chances of that target area.
Loading ...Imagine if silver, the weaker of two top metals, moves higher to the upside, what will happen to the gold price? Please share your opinion below.
Good Luck!
Aibek Burabayev
INO.com Contributor, Metals
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All valid comments, manipulation has been rife over the years... I believe the emperors clothes will vanish (the paper printing will reveal all, just how long will it take......... I look to the gold/silver ration being well out of whack , silver has a lot of ground to make up!
Is it possible to roughly estimate the amount of effect the manipulation has had per share?
I mean, from what you hear from mostly anyone who has followed silver and more than likely lost alot of money from it being manipulated when it shouldn't have been seems to be CERTAIN it's am ALMOST "SURE" thing that this stock will surge like no other before it. That would be crazy to see. Im intrigued. A few small positions in Silver but hesitant to be "ALL IN", if you know what i mean. Is there such a thing as being "too certain"? Lol
Malicious money creation will very likely have a destructive effect on the value of currency, in which case the price of silver may increase beyond what we presently expect. This may be due partly to the sort of people who focus on silver. Many participants in the silver market, on the mass scale, tend to be less wealthy and more prone to action, than gold enthusiasts, who have reason to be patient and who have deeper pockets and therefore longer views.
The issue now isn't gold and silver going up, it's the US dollar being printed by the trillions at the same time the federal deficit could approach $5,000,000,000,000. What will the dollar be worth when the Fed is sitting on tens of trillions of "assets".
Right, i agree. (Thinking pssshhhh, what's it worth now)
100% ZIG ZAG JUST FOLLOW THE TREND !
Reports after reports have been indicating about Russia and China accumulating gold.Then crash in crude. Then Russian shipment and actual delivery of gold in such circumstaces.
Now look at hard fact that all around world activities are standstill.Crude crashed.Now this shrinkage in base due to these facts.Then how can we think about gold or silver.It reminds me of Huntley brothers in1979-80.Aggressive speculation created insolvency preceded by chinese actions in silver.It simply indicates big powers becoming mad in the name of economic problems or recession.No logic.
Movement in Precious Metals, as specially of Gold indicates that there is some strange Explosive matter at or near to it's pick, which will abolish value of Paper Money, either it is Currency or Debt Papers.
There a ton of variables in motion around the world that leads me to believe that in a more macro sense, it seems a good time to buy Silver and Gold more on their Fundamentals vs. any technical analysis