Trade the Cycles

Saturday, October 27, 2007

.......The Usual Garbage From The Gold Nitwits

Many gold writers are spewing the same type of garbage that they usually do. They don't understand basic technical analysis (HUI/XAU are about 50% above their primary Secular Bull Market trendlines, see charts 7 and 9 at http://www.joefrocks.com/GoldStockCharts.html) or the gold COT (Commitments Of Traders) data (shown later, the traders who know what they're doing have gone massively short, while also correctly trading long in recent weeks), let alone cycles (HUI/XAU are up only about 5% from 5-11-06 to 10-26-07, which is the Wave 1 Cyclical Bull Market since late 2000 peaking in dramatic rollover mode).

One would think HUI/XAU were up 50% since 5-11-06 from reading many of the musings (more like amusings) of the gold writers. The money market has smoked HUI/XAU since 5-11-06 and has kept pace with gold. On a risk adjusted basis forgetaboutit!

From a long term investors point of view the only time a market or stock is timely is near it's primary trendline. The laws of Physics haven't been repealed. Basic technical analysis. A lot of fortunes will be destroyed in the next few weeks/months.

Look for HUI to hit 200-220 and the XAU to hit 85-90 in the next year or so, where their primary Secular Bull Market trendlines since late 2000 are (see charts 7 and 9 at http://www.joefrocks.com/GoldStockCharts.html), got cycles?

The recent gold COT (Commitments Of Traders) data is extremely bearish, see the last/third data at http://www.cftc.gov/dea/options/deacmxsof.htm. The savvy non contrarian gold Commercial Traders traded significantly net long in the five day period ending 10-23-07, correctly anticipating the recent strength, after having gone massively short the prior six weeks, covering 5567 short gold futures and options contracts (adding 19,360 two weeks ago, added 16,788 three weeks ago, added 1751 four weeks ago, added 27,946 five weeks ago, added over 17,000 six weeks ago, and, added a massive 53,207 seven weeks ago), while adding 9632 (added 5075 two weeks ago, liquidated 192 three weeks ago, liquidated 5492 four weeks ago, liquidated 2977 five weeks ago) long gold futures and options contracts.

For all practical purposes HUI's Wave 1 Cyclical Bull Market ended on 5-11-06 at 401.69 (XAU at 171.71). HUI/XAU/gold have only risen about 5% from 5-11-06 to the recent cycle highs. Technically HUI/XAU's Wave 1 Cyclical Bull Market is peaking (HUI probably did on 10-11-07, XAU on Friday 10-26-07) in dramatic rollover mode versus 5-11-06's cycle highs at 401.69/171.71 (http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?%24hui).

Once a sell signal occurs it's time to exit. Actually, I hopefully exit earlier using the Elliott Wave count. The 5% major sell signal, see annotated charts 15 and 18 at http://www.joefrocks.com/GoldStockCharts.html, that occurred in May 2006, correctly indicated that it was time to turn bearish on HUI/XAU.

The NEM Lead Indicator is BIG TIME SCARY. The NEM Lead Indicator = +0.09% versus the XAU on 10-26, -0.72% on 10-25, +0.32% on 10-24, -1.33% on 10-23, +0.91% on 10-22 (yes, same as Friday), +0.91% on 10-19, -0.88% on 10-18, -2.00% on 10-17, +1.11% on 10-16, -0.31% on 10-15, -0.19% on 10-12, +1.62% on 10-11, -1.28% on 10-10, -0.25% on 10-9, -0.06% on 10-8, -0.57% on 10-5, -1.17% on 10-4, +0.37% on 10-3, +1.35% on 10-2, +0.33% on 10-1, -0.41% on 9-28, -2.21% on 9-27, -4.13% on 9-26, +0.40% on 9-25, +2.03% on 9-24, +0.07% on 9-21, -1.46% on 9-20, +0.69% on 9-19, -2.33% on 9-18, -0.53% on 9-17, +0.12% on 9-14, -1.34% on 9-13,+0.02% on 9-12, +0.25% on 9-11, -0.69% on 9-10, +0.42% on 9-7, -1.39% on 9-6, +0.06% on 9-5, -1.81% on 9-4, -0.98% on 8-31, -0.03% on 8-30, -1.86% on 8-29 = an extremely bearish -16.86% versus the XAU the past 42 sessions, see six month NEM Lead Indicator at http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=%5EXAU&t=6m&l=off&z=l&q=l&p=&a=&c=%5Ehui,nem.

Cycle trendlines/channels used in concert with Elliott Wave patterns and gaps are the basis/crux of "Trade the Cycles." "Gaps action" is very important.

If one decides to trade volatile stocks/ETFs obviously paper trade for a while or trade very modest positions at first.

As a long term multi-year investor in any stock, commodity, etc. you want to buy near the primary multi-year Secular Bull Market/very long term upcycle trendline. Gold's primary multi-year Secular Bull Market/very long term upcycle trendline is at $475ish right now, so, gold would be a great buy in the $475-500 range. When the vast majority of gold writers say it's a great time to buy or are bullish, as they almost always are, it's rarely a good time for long term investors to buy.

HUI/XAU's Wave 2 Cyclical Bear Market (basically) began 5-11-06, see charts 7 and 9 at http://www.joefrocks.com/GoldStockCharts.html. The primary Secular Bull Market trendlines since late 2000 are at 200-220 for HUI and at 85-90 for the XAU. Those are the targets for where the Cyclical Bear Market will bottom. NEM's Wave 2 Cyclical Bear Market began on 1-31-06. ....... http://www.JoeFRocks.com/ .


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