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EDITORIALS
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NEXT WEEK IN THE GOLD MARKET goldscents
2014-03-08 15:01:45.0
Trying to predict short term direction is notoriously difficult, especially in the volatile metals market, but I'm going to take a stab at it today.
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Gold Investors Weekly Review ' March 7th Gold Silver Worlds
2014-03-08 14:30:11.0
In his weekly market review, Frank Holmes of the??
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% By Country Who Say ?Extramarital Affairs Are Unacceptable? Lorimer Wilson
2014-03-08 13:23:27.0
A Pew Research Center poll shows that the French public are far more relaxed than the rest of the world about
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What You Need to Know Before Investing in Silver Lorimer Wilson
2014-03-08 13:23:26.0
I believe there is more opportunity in the silver market over the next two years
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If You're Interested In Gold Stocks This Article is a MUST Read Lorimer Wilson
2014-03-08 13:23:26.0
Now that it appears clear the bottom is in for gold, it's time to…start looking
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Economic Collapse Is a Distinct Possibility ? Are You Prepared (even a little bit)? Lorimer Wilson
2014-03-08 13:23:26.0
Do you share concerns about the world today, and the path we are headed on? ??Do you believe a total economic
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This Gold Miner Is UP 120% Since We Selected It 9 Months Ago ? and It's STILL a BUY! Lorimer Wilson
2014-03-08 13:23:26.0
We selected Company XXX as a BUY 9 months ago as one of our 10-bagger picks and it has already more than doubled in price.
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Here's How to Choose Gold & Silver Stocks With the GREATEST Chance of Major Returns Lorimer Wilson
2014-03-08 13:23:26.0
Which gold/silver mining companies own quality undeveloped gold and silver
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Careful! Gold's Performance in Times of Crisis Often Not As Expected Lorimer Wilson
2014-03-08 13:23:26.0
We are in the midst of turbulent times, and it seems inevitable that things can only
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Gold & Silver ? and Their Miners ? are Taking Off! Lorimer Wilson
2014-03-08 13:23:26.0
Every trend in the stock market continues long after it has reached its reasonable conclusion - usually until the
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Gold: What Do Terms ?Karat? & ?Troy? Mean? What's A ?Carat?? Lorimer Wilson
2014-03-08 13:23:26.0
What's the difference between 1 troy ounce of gold and 1 (regular) ounce? What's the difference between 18??and 10
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Russia Reverts To 18th Century Imperialism Jim Sinclair
2014-03-08 12:24:51.0
Dear CIGAs, The sinking of a large hulking old ship to blockade the Ukrainian Navy is a sign of a long term commitment by Russia to annex Crimea.
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In The News Today Jim Sinclair
2014-03-08 12:18:18.0
Jim Sinclair's Commentary Not much of a bounce.
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Jim's Mailbox Jim Sinclair
2014-03-08 12:05:17.0
Dear Jim, We can now all relax, at least those of us who receive government benefits.
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Stock Market : The upside potentia lis now very limited MarcFaberBlog
2014-03-08 09:54:46.0
Marc Faber : In a free market economy, you will always have price fluctuations.
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Palladium Near Its Highest Level in Almost a Year Gold Silver Worlds
2014-03-08 06:26:11.0
We observed earlier this week that
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Gold and Silver Market Activity Will Always Trump News and Fundamentals Michael Noonan
2014-03-08 05:40:44.0
There is something going on in the gold and silver market, and it is difficult to ascertain exactly what it is.
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Monetary Madness in the UK Cobden Centre
2014-03-08 04:55:00.0
House prices are rising 2007-style.
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Mr.Market Meets Mr.Trouble Bill Bonner
2014-03-08 04:48:25.0
The Fed's $4.
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Selling Pressure on Gold Gone, Says Rick Rule Hard Assets Investor
2014-03-08 04:48:25.0
CEO of Sprott US Holdings discusses 2014 changes to gold market and GLD.
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LATEST NEWS
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Gold lawsuit sparks concerns of market manipulation, collusion
Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:57:20 -0800
A recently filed lawsuit alleging price fixing in the gold market is the latest evidence of increased scrutiny into the nearly century-old "London Gold Fix."
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Survey Participants Split Over Gold Direction Next Week
Fri, 07 Mar 2014 09:35:02 -0800
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Wine Talk: New Souverain maintains value legacy
Fri, 07 Mar 2014 08:38:36 -0800
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Gold & Silver Market Morning
Fri, 07 Mar 2014 06:08:03 -0800
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Timmins Gold Generates US$8.7 Million in Free Cash Flow in Fourth Quarter of 2013 Reports 2013 Year End Financial ...
Fri, 07 Mar 2014 03:00:00 -0800
Timmins Gold Corp. is pleased to report its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2013. The comparative period is the year ended December 31, 2012. All results are presented in United States ...
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PRECIOUS-Gold steady, set for 5th week of gains on safe-haven demand
Thu, 06 Mar 2014 23:30:05 -0800
* Gold up nearly 2 pct for the week as Ukraine tensions mount * Physical demand quiet due to price rally * Palladium near year-high on supply fears * Coming up: US nonfarm payrolls at 1330 GMT (Updates prices) By A. Ananthalakshmi SINGAPORE, March 7 (Reuters) - Gold held steady on Friday after its sharp overnight rise to near a four-month high and was poised to log its fifth straight week of ...
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Gold steady, set for 5th week of gains on safe-haven demand
Thu, 06 Mar 2014 23:13:50 -0800
By A. Ananthalakshmi SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold held steady on Friday after its sharp overnight rise to trade near a four-month high and was poised to log its fifth straight week of gains as a weaker dollar and geopolitical tensions in Ukraine lifted its safe-haven status. A poor jobs report could further boost gold prices but some traders warned that prices could have already accounted for the ...
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Gold Coasters paying highest fuel price
Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:59:50 -0800
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CHI SILVER GP (00815) has risen 5%. The last price is HK$1.26
Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:39:34 -0800
[Rising Stock] CHI SILVER GP (00815)'s price went up 5% at 03:55p.m . Its last price is HK$...
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CRUISIN??? FOR A BOOZIN???? WINE NOT!!
Thu, 06 Mar 2014 06:14:58 -0800
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Wine: house wine at home
Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:00:30 -0800
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Suit charges gold price manipulation
Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:30:02 -0800
Five banks involved in setting the London benchmark gold price have been accused in a lawsuit of price manipulation.
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Nomura raises gold forecasts as price drivers 'already reset'
Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:36:57 -0800
Nomura Securities has raised its 2014 gold price forecast to US$1,335/oz this year from the previous US$1,138/oz as the speed of last year's price decline "brings forward the start of the next cycle."
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London gold-fix banks accused of manipulation in U.S. lawsuit
Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:38:44 -0800
The five banks involved in setting the London benchmark gold price have been accused in a lawsuit of price manipulation, a filing with a U.S. federal court in New York showed. In the filing with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan dated March 3, New York resident Kevin Maher, who says he bought and sold gold and gold futures and options, alleged the banks overseeing the benchmark - Societe ...
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Maya Gold & Silver Reports Positive NI 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment
Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:23:50 -0800
Maya Gold & Silver Inc. is pleased to announce the results of independent NI 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment Study on the Zgounder Silver Mine in Morocco. The PEA Study was prepared by SGS Geostat ...
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Wine.com Hosts Fourth Annual Industry Growth Summit
Wed, 05 Mar 2014 03:00:00 -0800
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LATEST FROM BLOG
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How to use the Commitment of Traders Report?
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:08:00 GMT
The Commitment of Traders report (COT report) is a weekly report, which is issued on every Friday by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). This report contains the details of the positions of all the market participants. Every report that comes on Friday contains the data as of the preceding Tuesday.
The role of CFTC is to Commodities Future & Options market what SEC is to equity markets. The COT is a very handy, reliable and important report as it has good deal of data related to the market positions and trends of various trader groups. It is very useful in understanding the current and future market movements.
The structure of the COT report is detailed and it provides data segregated into different trader groups. The three main categories being: commercial traders, non-commercial traders and non-reportables.
Commercial Traders: They are the main players of the Commodity future markets. They are essentially hedgers and their trades are for actual delivery of the underlying asset. They have the largest positions in the markets and are big entities like Producers and users/consumers. They have the best knowledge of demand, supply & market movements etc. and enter into contracts as per their requirements and forecasts.
Non-commercial traders: They are also generally big traders but unlike the commercial traders, their positions are mostly for speculative profits. They enter a position with a view to make money and exit the position long before the due dates.
Non-reportables: This is the smallest group of traders and consists of individuals or other small entities that trade on speculative lines. Their holdings are individually too small to be required to report to CFTC and hence the name.
Over the years, CFTC has been providing the report with the aforesaid three categories of traders. But in the recent years, it has started providing disaggregated reports, further categorizing the traders. The picture below illustrates the disaggregated trader categories.
In the above classification, Swap dealers represent the Pension funds, endowments etc. These funds rather than directly trading in the future markets, work through the services of Swap dealers.
Basics of COT report
The COT report is a very valuable source of information, which can be used to get an idea of the future market movements and accordingly device a trading strategy. Let's take a sample COT report of Gold Futures dated 11th June and try to understand the basic data sets and their implications.
A gold future contract is of 100 Troy ounces and the above report is a part of the COT report on metals issued by CFTC on 14th of June, 2013. The report shows the category wise positions as on June 11th. In each category, the long and short positions represent the number of contracts held. The total open interest shows the sum of all contracts (both long & short), that have neither expired nor settled. From the above data, we can get the following perspectives about the current market conditions.
The total open interest is 373,844, which is marginally up by 783 from the previous week. This indicates a bit higher market participation. The benefit of an increased open interest is that a higher number of transactions take place increasing the liquidity. At the same time it also indicates better market conditions for trading and may be a sign of trend reversal.
The net position of Producers/Merchants category is still on the bearish side but compared to last week it shows increase of 3,251 in long contracts. Remember that this group has the best knowledge of the markets and they are bearish with slight movements towards bullish side of the fence. This movement towards long position may be short term or long term. Now if we look at the data of past few weeks, we will observe that there is a gradual increase in the long position of this group. The total extent of their short positions has been decreasing over the time. This may indicate a positive outlook for gold in the future.
The swap dealers reflect the same approach as far as the net position is considered.
Managed Money traders have a contrarian position. This may be due to the longer time frame that they generally target, eliminating the reflection of short-term market sentiments in their position.
Other reportable and the non-reportables are generally market followers. They are mostly in a position opposite to that of commercials. One thing that you should always avoid is to follow the trend of non-reportables.
The current COT report can further be compared to the past data and more inferences can be deduced. For example, if you compare the open interest with past data, you would see that it has been falling and has dropped quite low. Also this drop has somewhat stabilized over the past few weeks and it seems to be bottoming up. This indicates that a strong level of support for the gold prices may have been achieved and there are pretty good chances of a trend reversal.
Some takeaways
Now since you have some understanding of how to use COT report, you must keep the following points in mind while using it.
COT report comes with a time delay of 3 days. This is a dampening factor to the uses of the report in framing intraday and very short-term trade strategies.
The data content is excellent and reliable. This makes it a great source of getting market insights.
Further derivations of the COT report in the form index creation or indicators etc can further add to its utility.
Use other tools in combination with COT insights to validate your analysis.
COT report as such is of great value. No wonders why CFTC has to give in to the demands of weekly reports from the market participants, rather than the bi-monthly report that it used to provide in the past. That's all as of now. Happy trading!!!
From quantshare.com
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Gold and Silver Speculator Long Positions Wiped Out
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:17:00 GMT
Small speculators, also known as individual investors, have had their net long positions in gold and silver completely wiped out over the last two weeks. As of last Tuesday, these small investors held a mere 133 net long gold contracts, and 2163 net long silver contracts. As recently as September, when we turned cautious on the metals, small speculators held over 60,000 net long gold contracts and 20,000 silver contracts. If the small speculators were to sell anymore gold and silver, they would become net short.
Typically commercial banks manipulate prices on low volume to set the price and then trade at the newly set price in volume. The recent crash in gold and silver began after hours on a Friday, and was hit further by large sell orders Sunday night to take out the well known technical support lines of both metals. Most small retails investors were probably not even contacted by their futures broker. By the time they checked their account the next Monday Morning, either their protective stop orders were triggered or the margin clerk forcefully closed their position. The snowball effect in margin calls and stop loss orders was great enough to last several days.
None of this is surprising. However, we were quite surprised to see that net short positions of commercial traders rose substantially during this period. Typically they would be expected to cover their short positions at lower prices, mopping up the losses of retail investors.
This reveals several important changes to the gold and silver markets:
1) It took an enormous number of short positions added to move the market even on a weekend.
2) The gambit failed, as they were not able to cover these positions in volume after the dump. Nevertheless, as we have been expecting for several years, the commercial traders will be net long before the metals make new highs. But if they can't cover at lower prices, they will begin covering at higher prices as we saw when silver rose from $20 fall 2010 to $50 in spring 2011.
We suspect that the failure of the gold gambit is largely due to the unexpected surge in GLOBAL demand for physical metal. Premiums on bullion products are higher than they were during the 2008 crash, with even junk silver selling at $5-$6 over the paper spot price. This is unprecedented.
The consolidation in gold and silver over the last two years has been painful, especially for mining investors. However, with the prices of the metals at or below production costs, along with shortages of retail bullion products, and zero net long small investors, we are struggling to identify any more sellers. The summer season is typically weak for precious metals, and they could easily back and fill a base over the next six months, however the risk in accumulating physical metals in this price range is very low. We also believe that producing miners with cash holdings represent substantial value at this time.
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Caution Advised in Gold and Silver
Sun, 02 Sep 2012 02:35:00 GMT
Gold and especially silver have succumbed to a long a demoralizing correction over the last 12 to 18 months. The summer doldrums likely marked the bottom of this correction, and the metals have turn the corner higher. However, both gold and silver investors will likely have their resolve tested once again in the coming weeks before the metals are able to break higher.
Precious metals (GLD, SLV), and mining equities surged from their 2008 lows to their 2011 highs in reaction to massive monetary intervention, and an initial surge in inflationary expectations. Although interest rates have remained near zero, and real interest rates are clearly negative, precious metals investors have been disappointed by the ongoing global stagflationary wealth destruction, and the failure of further intervention by policy makers. The Federal Reserve has admitted that the US economy is weaker than desired, yet it has also continually disappointed in announcing a new quantitative easing as it seeks political justification.
The last two years of global policy makers kicking the can down the road, in conjunction with weaker demand from India, has created the environment for a severe correction in gold, silver, and miners. While it hasn't been the most severe in terms of percentage loss, it has likely been the most severe in terms of sentiment. With Europe, India, China, and the US all decelerating at a rapid pace, and the US fiscal cliff returning the political forefront, we believe that we are months away at the most from a turn in monetary policy. Verbal intervention has run its course, and real monetary intervention is a mathematical certainty.
Gold miners(GDX) bottomed in May, and are leading the metals. They are now overbought and could face a sharp correction before breaking out.
Gold and silver may already have begun pricing in future intervention, however commercial banks are not yet on board with the breakout in gold and silver. Net commercial short positions in both gold and silver, at a time when prices are near resistance levels and overbought are indicating that a short and severe correction could be imminent.
Silver has had an especially large spike in commercial short positions over the last three weeks.
The current commercial short positions in silver and gold must be reduced before the metals can break higher. In other words, commercial banks must cover the majority of their short positions. While they could cover as prices rise, history suggests that the most likely scenario is for the commercial banks to take down the price and cover at lower levels. This correction will likely coincide with the realization of a global recession/depression in 2013 and end with the realization of further monetary intervention.
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