Jordan Roy-Byrne: No pain, no gain. That is one comment regarding this seemingly terminal bottoming process in the precious metals complex. Multiple times as soon as conditions have strengthened enough for us to anticipate a breakout, the miners have put in a bearish reversal. At the same time, the metals and especially Gold have failed to gain any real traction. Throughout the past year we’ve been looking for that final low in Gold but it has eluded us multiple times. The recent reversal in the gold and silver miners coupled with a continued technical downtrend in Gold suggests that more pain is coming before sustained gain.
Gold and Silver miners have made some progress over the last year. As evidenced by our top 40 index, the best companies have bottomed with little question. The various indices put in a higher low at the end of May and rebounded with gusto. Daily momentum hit levels not seen since 2012. Meanwhile, the miners have outperformed the metals and closed the recent quarter at the highs. That did not happen in past quarters. However, the miners failed to break resistance and are now reversing their course yet again. We plot GDXJ (large juniors), GLDX (explorers) and SILJ (silver juniors). Note how they’ve reversed a near breakout two weeks ago.
The message of the miners, as we posited last week is that Gold’s final bottom is ahead rather than behind. Had the miners blasted through resistance then it would have indicated a final bottom for Gold was in place. This view is also confirmed by the action in Gold itself. Gold peaked at $1346 and thus failed to come close to its March high at $1392. Last week Gold formed a bearish reversal and engulfed the previous three weeks of trading. A lower high and strong weekly reversal in Gold is a warning that more downside potential lies ahead.
The Gold bears analog chart below (which excludes the most extreme bears in price (1980-1982) and time (1987-1993) shows that the trajectory of the current bear is similar to that of the 1996-1999 bear. In other words, this current bear is in line with history. The most severe bears in price tend to be the shortest while the most severe bears in time tend to be the smallest in price.
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