Gold has rallied up to a level that is an old trading range from last year from February to June.
In summer, Gold jumped out of that range and moved up another 10% before sliding back down into year end.
Market's remember old price levels and those folks who entered the gold market last year didn't really have a chance to get out of their positions. The signal for them to get out was the fact that gold slipped 10% down to $1130, which is far beyond the price where there were buyers last year around the $1240-$1260 level.
I labeled the decline into year-end 2016 as "psychologically tortuous", which I think is why we are having a decent bounce from that oversold extreme.
An active strategy from here is to "trade the chop". Sell calls going out to May using the $1250 strike to capture option premium. If you want to get long, sell puts with a $1200 strike and capture all of that premium instead of buying outright.
Either way - it will take awhile to get through this price level. Sharp shake-outs are possible, but be brave and buy into those breaks when the 30 minute chart fails to follow through after 3 bars.
Cheers,
Tim
Jan 23, 2017 9:41AM EST