Trade the Cycles

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Complacency Keeps A Creepin' Into The XAU On Friday

XAU Implied Volatility fell -1.48% to 36.375 on Friday from 36.920 on Thursday despite a -1.12% decline in the XAU, which is a sharp (2-2.99%) +2.60% rise in complacency that portends some potentially severe weakness on Monday, since the XAU wall of worry fell by -2.60% (= -1.48% + -1.12%). Keep in mind that last week the NEM Lead Indicator was a very bearish -4.46% vs the XAU.

The XAU's Secular Bull Market/very long term upcycle trendline is currently at 85-90ish (see second chart at http://www.joefrocks.com/GoldStockCharts.html), so, please keep that in mind.

A vicious multi week decline, similar to the one that occurred from 5-11-06 until 6-13-06 for HUI/NEM/XAU, began on 9-6 for HUI/XAU and on 9-5 for reliable lead indicator NEM. Wave C down/another brutal decline may have begun on Thursday for HUI/XAU, in which Wave A of their Cyclical Bear Market since 5-11-06 bottoms, probably in the 100-110 range for the XAU. For recent action see http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=%5Exau&t=5d&l=off&z=l&q=b&p=&a=m26-12-9%2Cp12%2Cfs%2Cw14&c=. ....... http://www.JoeFRocks.com/