Gold Just Broke Through A Key Level


Steve St. Angelo Steve St. Angelo

Steve St. Angelo

January 7th, 2020 Comments

For the first time in more than six years, gold broke through a key level. Gold surged on Friday due to the geopolitical tensions stemming from the Middle East after the U.S. took out Iran’s top military leader.

During early trading in the early Asian markets, the gold price continued even higher, reaching $1,579.

This morning, gold is trading at the $1,575 level. It will be interesting to see if gold closes at the end of the day near its high or low. The key resistance level is $1,550, which gold surpassed by $25.

Here is gold’s monthly chart below (each candlestick represents one month of trading).

Gold Price (January 3, 2020) - Gold Broke Through $1,550 Level

If you look at the “Larger View” insert, I have superimposed the candlestick breaking through the Key level.

The Gold price finally broke through this level, and for it to remain in a bullish trend in the monthly chart below, it will have to close above the $1,550 (actually $1,560) level by the end of January. If we look at the next chart, the gold price surpassed the high of $1,566 in September:

Gold Price (January 3, 2020) - Gold Reached a High of $1,577

Gold is currently trading at $1,574. And, if we look at the weekly gold chart, we can see gold breaking through the $1,550 level:

Gold Price (January 3, 2020) - Gold Broke Through $1,550 Level (Weekly Chart)

Here we can see the three Key Levels for gold. After the big run-up in the summer, I thought gold would retest its breakout level of $1,360 before moving higher. While it’s not a guarantee that gold would retest this $1,360 level before moving higher, traders typically expect it to happen.

Furthermore, the latest Gold COT Report shows the Commercial Net Short position at the highs from last Summer:

Gold COT Report

This is a very strange situation for gold. Due to the Fed continued Repo Market intervention and the $60 billion a month in U.S. Treasury purchases, it seems that gold just won’t sell off or correct down to that $1,360 breakout level.

However, with the Commercial net short position at a high, logic suggests that gold will likely correct lower before resuming its trend higher in 2020.

Moreover, at some point, the bloated U.S. stock market will need to experience a correction lower, even if it continues higher due to the massive Fed and Central Bank liquidity. Thus, the gold and silver price may correct lower with the broader markets once a correction takes place.

But, again… this is only short-term trading possibilities. The situation for the U.S. Financial and economic system is heading for a BRICK WALL. Only 1% or less of investors have diversified some of their assets into gold (and silver).

Steve St. Angelo

About the Author:

Independent researcher Steve St. Angelo started to invest in precious metals in 2002.  In 2008, he began researching areas of the gold and silver market that the majority of the precious metal analyst community has left unexplored.  These areas include how energy and the falling EROI – Energy Returned On Invested – stand to impact the mining industry, precious metals, paper assets, and the overall economy.