Gold and silver along with their related miners have been under a lot of selling pressure the last few months. Prices have fallen far enough to make most traders and investors start to panic and close out their long-term positions, which is a bullish signal in my opinion.
My tactic for both swing trading and day trading thrives on entering and exiting positions when panic trading hits an investment. A general rule of thumb is to buy when others are extremely fearful and cannot hold on to a losing position any longer. When they are selling I am usually slowly accumulating a long position.
Looking at the charts below of gold and silver, you can see the strong selling over the past two weeks. When we get drops this sharp, investors tend to focus on their account statements, watching the value drop at an accelerated rate to the point where they ignore the charts and just liquidate everything they have to preserve their capital.
Gold Bullion Weekly Chart
The price and outlook of gold has not really changed much in the past year. It remains in a major bull market and has been taking a breather, nothing more. Stepping back and reviewing the weekly chart, it's clear that gold is nearing long-term support. With panic selling hitting the gold market and long-term support only $20 - $30 away, this investment starts to look really tasty.
But if price breaks below the $1540 level and closes down there on a weekly basis, then all bets are off as this would trigger a wave of selling that would make the recent selling look insignificant. And the uptrend in gold would now be over.
Silver Bullion Weekly Chart
Silver price is in the same boat as gold, the only difference is that silver has larger price swings of 2-3x more than gold. This is what attracts more traders and investors to it, but unfortunately, the masses do not know how to manage leveraged investments like this and end up losing their shirts.
A breakdown below the $26.11 price would likely trigger a sharp drop back down to the $17.50 level, so be careful.
Gold Mining Stocks Monthly Chart
If you want to see a scary chart, then look at what could happen (or is happening) to gold miner stocks. This very easily could be happening as you read this article, and it's why I have been pounding the table for months no to get long gold, silver, or miners until we see complete panic selling or a bullish basing pattern form on the charts. We have not seen either of these things take place, although panic selling is slowly ramping up this week.
There will be some very frustrated gold bugs if they take another 33% haircut in value.