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A Golden Opportunity

I have always been a little skeptical of seasonal trading patterns in anything other than agricultural products.  After all, what sense does it make that financial instruments not based on weather would follow any kind of calendar pattern?

With that beings said, I have recently noticed a seasonal pattern that has me excited.  Over the last six summers, there has been a trading opportunity that has presented itself over and over again.

I think I have mentioned in the past that gold timing has never been a specialty of mine.  I’m not sure why that is.  I used to work for a great gold timer and I followed the same indicators he did, but my timing always seemed to be off.

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That is until now.  Looking at a weekly chart of gold over the last seven years, I noticed something that should be glaring.  Just in case it isn’t as glaring as I think it is, I have taken the liberty of making some arrows on the chart below.

Do you see it?  It isn’t hard to see. 

Over the last six summers, gold has bottomed somewhere between mid-May and mid-July.  In most cases, the bottom has been between late June and mid-July with two exceptions.

You should also note that the 50-week moving average has been incredibly important during this phenomenon.  This trendline has served as a launching pad for some incredible bullish moves in gold.

Over the last three months, gold has pulled back from its first trip north of the $1,000 mark to as low as $850 an ounce.  Right now, the 50-week moving average is right at $820 and is within reach.

Given my history with gold, you will excuse me for still being skeptical of my own observation.  But, the way I see it, either gold is going to hit its 50-week moving average in the next few weeks and take off on another glorious run, or it is going to break this pattern and drop through the 50-week.

I have mentioned before that I consider poker and trading to be very similar and that you have to play the odds and put your money in when the time is right.  Well, over the next few weeks I will be waiting for my chance to put my money in the pot.

If I am wrong, it shouldn’t take long to figure it out.

Good luck and good trading,

Rick

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Rick Pendergraft

Rick Pendergraft - who has written 131 investment articles on Investors Daily Edge.


Inspired by his high school economics teacher, Rick Pendergraft fell in love with the markets at an early age. He entered his first investing competition at 17, and opened his first brokerage account before he finished college. At the age of 23, on the third options trade he had ever placed, Rick turned $1,800 into $22,000 in less than a week, when the company he bought became the target of a takeover. He admits it was a stroke of luck, but it was a memorable education as to the leverage that options can provide. After a ten year career in banking, Rick decided to pursue trading full-time. To get his foot in the door, he started out in the sales department at Schaeffer’s Investment Research. It was not long before his talent was recognized and he was invited to apprentice under Bernie Schaeffer, one of the top options traders in the world. Rick thrived in his new position and twice received the award for “Top Trader.” Rick has developed a loyal following of readers who are grateful for his timely warnings and profitable advice. He is widely recognized as a market expert and has been frequently quoted by Reuters, BusinessWeek, Forbes, USA Today, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Rick’s primary focus is on identifying short and intermediate term rising and falling trends in the major market sectors. His analysis is based on technical factors along with indicators of market sentiment Rick is currently the Editor-in-Chief of The Velocity Strategy. He lives near Delray Beach, FL with his wife and three children.


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