While Gold has been getting all the attention, as the price of Gold makes multi years highs in 2020, Silver has been stuck in a 4+ month consolidation move, after seeing a massive spike back in Sept 19 when it hit $19.50, from the lows in May of around $14.50.
 
Since then we have had a false breakout to the downside in late Nov (see chart below), which was followed by a swift move to $18.60 resistance. However, it began to drift lower as it formed a tight range with an ascending triangle. This slow drift lower occurred despite Gold showing relative strength over the last few weeks.

With the consolidation building within the triangle, decision time is approaching very soon for Silver, perhaps as soon as the coming week on which way will it break out first. Given the overall longer-term trend, indicated by successive higher lows, together with the longer term 52 day moving average (MA) moving higher (green line), the odds are that Silver is set to break out to the upside of its triangle wedge, first to $18.60 resistance, followed by a higher move towards $19.55 resistance.
 
More importantly based on the last strong move we saw on the daily chart in September 19(see rectangle bar on chart), together with the amount of consolidation since that move, its possible Silver could hit a price target of around $20.60 level in the first half of 2020 at the earliest. This is based on its last explosive move away from the longer term 52 day moving average achieved in 2019 from the current levels of the 52 day MA.

On a more cautious note though, If instead we do in fact see a breach of the triangle towards the downside in the next few weeks, I believe the move will be short lived similar to the false breakout in Nov 19. The reasoning for this is that the global macro environment is very bullish overall for the precious metals with Central Banks easing, printing more QE & plenty of global uncertainty present in the markets.
 
Since there are many bullish factors in play for precious metals, the weekly chart for Silver offers more bullish upside potential over the coming months and into 2021.
Back in July 19, you can see the breakout higher out of its multiyear downtrend. Since then it has formed a number of higher lows, whilst also hitting the $18.50 resistance twice and failing to close above it on the weekly chart more recently.

If the daily charts are correct, and we see a move higher breaking out of the wedge and above $18.50/60 resistance initially, then there is no material resistance level until we reach $20.25 area.

Furthermore, depending on how much consolidation will be required after reaching $20.25 area of resistance, its certainly possible we can see a move towards the $21.80 resistance in the 2nd half of 2020 or sooner. Especially since Silver has under performed Gold’s move in 2019 and so far in 2020.

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Gold has been on an epic run over the last few months. Since it was able to breakout out of the 7+ year sideways consolidation back in early June. The price hasnt looked back. The last few weeks has seen Gold pull back off its 2019 highs as it consolidates the big moves. Recently the $1,488 support was tested however was able to hold just above it.
 
Last week Gold finished at close to the high's of the week as volatility returned to both stocks and bonds on Friday helping lift Gold back to $1,516. Looking ahead for the price action, the strong uptrend is looking bullish for the medium to long term for future price gains for the metal.
 
On a shorter time frame I'm expecting a further consolidation / sideways range for a few more weeks above $1,488 level of support, as the 52 weekly moving average (green line) can catch up some of the distance its made with the strong three month rally. Of course my expectations for further consolidation ahead is based on no global flare ups that could see another massive move in the price of Gold. For example if the Repo overnight funding market in the US worsens and the spreads start to spike again then its possible we could see Gold move back to the 2019 highs in the next few weeks.

Assuming there isn't any such events on the financial markets and Gold has had a chance to consolidate further in a sideways range of prices, then I would then expect to see a move some time in October towards $1,560 resistance.
 
On a longer term horizon for Gold for the remainder of the year I expect Gold to make new 2019 highs as it gets closer to its old record highs around $1900. Given the growing use of QE from Central Banks to tackle the slowing global economy I expect Gold to make new nominal highs and take out the old high in 2020. However for the short term we need to be more patient as we get much needed consolidation for the next leg higher.

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Last week we saw the S&P 500 finally breakout of its sideways channel direction (green box) as news reports that China & US are back to talking again and are preparing to meet at the end of the month. The theory is that hopefully after over a year they somehow come to some sort of agreement. However interestingly the recent rally we saw last week for US stocks has been on below average volume as shown on the chart. Whenever I see this it tells me to be weary of any move seen. In other words its a red flag and can’t be relied upon as a trader.
 
Looking at the daily chart of the S&P 500, we can agree the positives is that it broke out of the box and is now trading above the 52 day moving average, which are bullish signals. On the other hand the price action has been hitting the original uptrend line, however as a resistance level rather than as a support level as seen back in June 19. Add in low average volumes overall on this spike higher and the weight of evidence isn’t totally in favor of the bulls.

Looking ahead for the week for the S&P 500 index, I'm looking to see if the price action can finally jump back above the long-term uptrend which it hasn’t been able to achieve yet. If we see a pullback this week to the support area of 2,940 and hold, this would be the ideal for the bulls. If it was then followed by a strong move higher with above average volume back inside the uptrend line either this week or next then I would agree that the S&P 500 will be heading for new record highs in coming weeks and months.
 
Given that the ECB are meeting this week to most likely introduce more QE & other stimulus, followed up by the FED next week for the FOMC. These two big events should keep US stocks elevated. However watch out for a wild card (Ie Trump tariff / trade tweet) and a move back under 2,940 area and back inside the green box this week, even though this is an unlikely scenario.

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Its been a long time since both Gold & Silver were receiving this much attention from traders and investors globally. Over the last few weeks we have witnessed a big shift on the longer term weekly charts that this current move is different from what we have seen over the last few years.
 
Gold finished the week at another 2019 high at $1,425, while also more importantly making a six year weekly high as well. The reason why I say that Gold has had a big shift is because we have recently seen on the weekly chart a break above a long six year sideways consolidation phase shown on the chart. It recently made a small retracement to retest the old resistance now support area of the consolidation phase, followed by a bounce higher off support.
 
In addition the 52 week moving average has now swung to the upside as the price action sits just above $1,415 support. Its possible we could see a move towards $1,480 resistance this week after we saw a retrace on Friday on the daily chart to a key support.
 
However its also important to note even though over the next several weeks & months that we could see the price at or above $1,564 resistance area based on the 52 weekly moving average range relative to price. I’m also expecting that we will encounter consolidation soon as well which could see either a pullback or sideways phase for a few weeks. Especially we hit $1,480 resistance before any consolidation.

Silver on the other hand has also had a big shift on the weekly chart even though its still lagging considerably relative to Gold’s recent price action. On the weekly chart Silver has had a big price move week breaching multiple resistance areas including the last previous weekly high area of $15.80-85, closing at just under the $16.20 resistance area after reaching a weekly high at the $16.60 which was also a key resistance.
 
Ideally this coming week it would be ideal to see another follow through of buying for the week and close above $16.20 resistance allowing it to consolidate the new higher high of this week. Given the past history of weekly potential price action moves away from the 52 week moving average, Silver has the ability over the coming weeks and months to move beyond $18.65 resistance.
 
Considering for Silver though its 52 week moving average has gone from sloping down to now flat, we could see a consolidation move coming soon as well allowing the 52 week moving average to swing to the upside and allow a breather before making its next big move higher. Given that we will have the FED FOMC meeting to decide rates at the end of the month of July, we could see a move higher for both Silver & Gold leading into the FED decision & sell the news / retrace after FOMC meeting.

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The US dollar index this week has taken a decent fall, as it well & truly confirms that the bullish uptrend is over, finishing the week at just above 96. The index has now made a series of lower highs and lower lows, whilst already breaching its uptrend from Sep 18 this week.
 
In the short term, I’m looking for a short term bounce soon as it retraces eventually to form another lower high, most likely at the 96.70 resistance, or as high as 97 given the strong move this week. In addition the US dollar index is now sitting on the lower bound of the downtrend channel.

After we see a retracement move, I’m looking to see the index to continue to make lower as it heads towards the strong support level of 95 over the medium term. If the move continues to make lower highs it will set up some strong moves ahead for Gold soon.

Gold has surprised many traders & investment banks, especially those that had recently held short positions again the yellow metal. Gold’s strong move this month has certainly got the markets attention now, but the bigger moves have not even started yet for Gold.
 
Over the next few weeks I’m expecting to see a retracement in line with a move higher in the short term for the US dollar index. Gold is in need of a consolidation on both the daily & weekly charts, with a likely move towards $1,350 level. Of course it all depends on whether Geopolitical tensions over Iran & US settle down this week.

Looking forward ahead for Gold, after we see one to few weeks of consolidation, I’m expecting big moves for Gold as its just broken out of 6+ year consolidation period on the weekly chart. At a conservative level I’m looking for Gold to at least retest its $1,900 highs made in 2001.

Given the intentions of the FED now and other central banks for the remainder of 2019 & 2020 towards monetary policy, its quite foreseeable that Gold moves beyond $2,000 USD over the longer term. I have added the next few resistance levels to watch over the medium term.

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Copper continues to remain under pressure as it sits close to the lows reached at the start of Jan 19. The price action is in a consolidation sideways pattern over the last two weeks, as Copper prices in a slowing weak global economy.
 
This contrasts with US stocks over the last two weeks that has seen a large bounce off its recent lows on the prospects that Powell & the FED are now looking cutting rates in 2019. The prospect of rate cuts is inflationary for hard assets, however Copper is not buying this premise at least for now.

Currently the price action for Copper is sitting between 26,680 resistance & 25,940 support. In addition the price is respecting its downtrend line as well. So moving forward we would need to see a clear breakout above both 26,680 & 27,135 resistance, before we see Copper following the bullishness of US stocks. Given the weakness its more likely we see the price move towards 25,940 soon.

Platinum's price action is showing a close resemblance to Copper's price action, as it also has not seen any recent bounce in the last two weeks of trading, while also hovering near its lows reached In Dec 18 & Feb 19.
 
Why this is relevant is because Platinum is utilized in multiple industrial applications in multiple industries within the manufacturing process. So just like Copper, the price action of Platinum at the beginning of the year saw a decent rally and new uptrend formed as the markets were pricing optimism on the global economy based on a trade deal being struck between the US & China.
 
Now the deal has collapsed, the price action has collapsed along with the deal. Platinum is also in a consolidation pattern as it currently is respecting $800 support after hitting $820 resistance last week. Given that global economic macro data remains weak as global trade slows, it likely like copper we see lower prices in the short term.

So if we see a break of $800 support, look for a move towards $780. If we see a move above $820 in the coming weeks, followed by a close above the 52 day moving average price of $845 - $850, then this would indicate a shift in optimism for the global economy.

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Last week price action for US stocks was remarkable from the start to the end of the week. On Monday we saw US stocks gapped lower on the threat of tariffs on Mexico by Trump. With each trading day we saw weak or negative economic news being released in the US. Yet what we saw was stocks were no longer moving lower. By the end of the week on Friday we had US Non-farm payrolls released and it was a massive miss, coming in at 75k new jobs instead of 177k estimates, but it didn’t matter. By the end of the day stocks continued to move higher, as it followed the momentum of buying that started from Tuesday. So why successive pieces of negative news & economic data being released did the S&P 500 index form a bullish engulfing pattern on increasing volume? The answer in one word is: FED.
 
Last week Mr Powell held its monthly press conference and the general point of the commentary by Powell was that the FED would do what is required to keep growth going in the US. Which the market interpreted as the FED is about to start cutting rates, with the likely hood of several cuts to come by the end of 2019. The reaction by the market was swift, as we saw the US dollar index roll over and break its uptrend, while Gold shot up this week over $100 an ounce as the market digested another pivot by the FED moving forward. Which is why I realized this week that this lows reached at the beginning of the week was likely to be the lowest prices we will see moving forward for the rest of the year.

Looking at the price action of the weekly chart for the SPX index, you can see that we have confirmed another higher low was formed, as the most recent low close was still above the lows reached back in the first week of March this year. This confirms on a weekly chart that the buyers are still in control of US stocks. The other interesting thing is that volume on the previous two weeks of falling prices was below the average volume for the index. With this week bullish engulfing candle stick pattern was formed on slightly above average volume, which also confirms the bullishness of the move.

This week I would be looking to see if there is follow through for the week in higher prices to close the week, to support the bullish pattern. If there is follow though its possible, we could see a move towards 2,930 resistance level either this week. If we see follow through buying then the likely support on a retracement is 2,873-75 level to look for in coming weeks. If we on the other hand see this move as a failed move, then prices would need to move back towards 2,785 support. However this is unlikely now the FED has given the green light for stocks to move higher regardless of how back the economy is. Well at least for now that is.
 
Lastly on a more of longer term look ahead, given the outlook of the FED and the interesting price action for US stocks, it would not surprise me at all if we see new all-time highs reached in the coming weeks or at the least next few months.

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This week was a monumental moment for U.S tech stocks, as they reached their previous all time high resistance / mountain peak around 7700, and for a brief moment surpassed this level making a new all-time intraday high around 7715. The week finished off with the highs at around $7690.

This week was also interesting as the index reached prior resistance area, while also hitting the bottom of the long term uptrend line that had been established in early 2016 on the weekly chart, signaling it hit two different resistance areas that have come together. This is significant as I'm expecting some volatility ahead with a pullback coming soon as a consequence of reaching these levels.

The other reason why I believe this, is that the weekly moving averages are quite stretched from the current price action. The current distance shown by the arrows is roughly the same distance as the previous separation before we saw the index pull lower.

Unlike the previous time this occurred, we saw a significant drop of close to 20% off the peak. I'm not expecting as big a fall to occur with the upcoming consolidation period ahead. One of the main reasons for the difference is that the FED has now completely performed a 180 turn on its monetary policy to appease the markets.

Based on the assumption of the continuation of global central banks to pump liquidity in the global markets, I'm looking for a more mild pullback and an eventual move soon to either the first support level area of 7375, or potentially a bigger move towards 7100 support area.

After we have seen several weeks of consolidation and the moving averages have had a chance to catch up to the price action, I would be looking to see the markets begin to attempt to move back to the prior resistance area of 7700, before it then makes another attempt to march towards a new all time high, with an eventual higher highs created.

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