Saturday 14 May 2011

Silver closed above support.

Silver, in the last session, closed above the 20wMA.  A long legged black spinning top was formed. A spinning top suggests indecision and fierce fighting between the bulls and bears. It is also a reversal signal but it might be less convincing as it is not white in color which suggests that the bears had a slight advantage.  The lower wick also broke support just as it did last week but it touched a lower low this week. There is little doubt that the 20wMA has weakened. We could see the 50wMA tested eventually. That is currently at US$27.18 an ounce.



What about the daily chart? The good news is that the RSI has formed a higher low while price formed a lower low. This is a positive divergence. The downward momentum in price has eased and could lead to a reprieve. It does not mean that price would rebound immediately as positive divergences could fail too or take some time to come to fruition.


With the MACD still declining in negative territory, the momentum is clearly to the downside. Any long position taken at this point in time should be a smallish hedge. Being mentally prepared that price could see more downside is also a must although any downside is definitely more limited at this time compared to a fortnight ago.

4 comments:

mark said...

Did u read bout soros dumping most of his gold related investments? He has supposedly - just 10% left.

AK71 said...

Hi Mark,

Well, anyone would be tempted to lock in some gains as price shot up.

I sold on the way up and now have about half of my initial investment in silver remaining.

If price should go up to form new highs from here, I have some left to sell. If price should continue correcting to its major support, I would buy again. :)

Cas said...

Hi AK71,

Silver seems to be holding well on the daily 100MA USD34.54 support for the past days.

1)What is yr view, do u see Silver stabilising? Will u be taking opportunity to increase yr position around this level or wait for further correction?

2) Recently, you have posted various articles on different view on gold vs silver. Many seems to favor gold now than silver. Care to share your thoughts on this.

Thanks as usual,
Cas

AK71 said...

Hi Cas,

I believe that silver's technicals remain rather weak but in the last session, it recaptured the support provided by the 100dMA. So, selling pressure has eased.

Will I add more? I don't have a clear signal that silver has bottomed. I would like to see some signs of bottoming.

Do I prefer gold or silver? I have to say it is silver. Remember my original reason for investing in silver? It is still valid today. Silver is still way below its historical peak just by looking at the gold/silver ratio. :)