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GOLD: Bullish! Look For Valid Buys!In this Weekly Market Forecast, we will analyze the Gold (XAUUSD) for the week of Dec. 1-5th.
Gold rallied last week, breaking the rangy consolidation. The strong close indicates the potential for some bullish follow through going into this week.
Look for valid buys.
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Thin Structure Repair & ATH ProximityCOMEX:GC1! COMEX_MINI:MGCG2026
Market Structure (The Problem):
The rally into this new high was built on a very thin profile. The auction moved higher emotionally on low holiday volume, leaving a series of single prints/low volume nodes (LVN) below current price.
The Theory:
In Market Profile, "thin" structures are fragile. The market often needs to rotate back down to "repair" this structure—backfilling the volume to prove that buyers actually exist at these higher prices.
Context & Seasonality:
ATH Proximity: We are striking distance from All-Time Highs. The air is thin up here, and without strong volume support, a breakout is prone to failure.
Time Constraint: We have a short trading window (runway) before Christmas and Year-End book squaring. Liquidity will likely be sporadic.
Plan & Execution: Heading into the US Open, I am cautious of this rally.
Stance: Flat / Monitoring.
The Setup: I am looking for a correction to repair the thin profile below.
Execution: If the market rotates down and finds acceptance (buyers) within that thin structure, it validates the trend. If it slices through, the rally was a fake-out.
Let's see how the auction develops today.
Talk to you for the next update.
Silver: A Sell Signal?COMEX: Micro Silver Futures ( COMEX_MINI:SIL1! )
What happened to the silver market? A previous all-time-high (ATH) record of $49.95 per ounce was set on January 17, 1980, and stood for 45 years until silver broke $50 in October 2025. Since then, silver prices kept climbing nonstop and setting new ATH records almost daily. Last Friday, November 28th, silver reached $56.86.
COMEX Silver Futures ( AMEX:SIL ) locked in an impressive 98% return year-to-date, which makes silver the top performer across all major asset classes year to date.
The strength of silver is supported by a confluence of factors including inflows into bullion-backed ETFs and expectations of a potential Federal Reserve interest rate cut. Investors rotated assets out of stock amid recent market weaknesses, benefiting the safe-haven assets gold and silver. In addition, gold purchases have slowed in recent months due to the record high prices. Some investors may choose silver as an alternative hedging asset.
However, a key metric suggests that the tide is about to change.
A Refresher:
In my writing published on April 28th, I introduced the Gold-Silver Ratio, a financial term that measures the relative value of gold to silver. The Gold-Silver Ratio may be used as a buying or selling signal.
When to Buy Silver : A high Ratio, typically above the 95:1 mark, suggests that silver is undervalued relative to gold. This is often interpreted as a buying signal for silver.
• Recalling that in the April 28th writing, we explored the idea of buying silver at $33 when the Ratio stood at 100. Silver prices went up 72% since then.
When to Sell Silver : When the Ratio is low, say around 80:1, it indicates that silver is relatively expensive. Investors might consider selling silver and buying gold.
• As silver caught up with gold with its recent rally, the Ratio is declining all the way down to 74. This is a level indicating silver is very expensive relative to gold. From a mean-reversing point of view, the Ratio may rebound back to the 80-90 range soon.
In my opinion, gold could show more strength compared to silver in the new year.
• Global central banks have slowed gold purchases recently. Gold getting expensive did not cause the pause. Annual budget depleting may be a more plausible reason. A new year comes with new budget, and I expect central bank buying to resume in 2026.
• Silver is part precious metal and part industrial metal. Global GDP in 2026 is projected to slow to 2.9% to 3.1%, with downside risks from geopolitical tensions and trade policy uncertainty, according to the IMF. Industrial use of silver could slow as well.
• Expectations of Fed rate cuts are rising. The stock market could rally again, causing investors to rotate money out of safe-haven assets. In my opinion, gold could stand its ground better than silver, with central bank purchases serving as a key support. In this scenario, the Ratio rises because silver falling faster than gold.
Trade Setup with Micro Silver
Traders could apply the insights from the Gold-Silver Ratio with trading strategies using COMEX Micro Silver Futures ( AMEX:SIL ). There are a number of reasons why shorting silver makes sense:
• Traders expect mean-reversion of the Gold-Silver Ratio will occur soon.
• Investors expect Fed rate cuts to be bullish for stocks and bearish for precious metals.
• Traders with portfolio of spot silver or silver ETF want to hedge their positions.
The big advantages of using futures contracts are capital efficiency and leverage. Micro Silver contracts have a notional value of 1,000 troy ounces of silver. With Friday settlement price of $57.455, each January contract (SILF6) has a notional value of $57,455. Buying or selling one contract requires an initial margin of $4,000 at the time of writing. This suggests a built-in leverage of 14.4 (= 57455/4000) for futures contracts.
By putting a deposit equivalent to 70 ounces, traders could gain the full exposure of 1,000 ounces of silver. If silver prices move down by 10%, a short position in Micro Silver futures would gain 144% (= (57455*0.1) / 4000).
Micro silver futures (SIL, 1000 oz) and standard-size silver futures contracts (SI, 5000 oz) contracts together form a deep liquidity pool. On November 28th, SI had trade volume of 109,967 contracts and an open interest (OI) of 155,222 contracts. SIL had volume and OI of 79,015 and 14,900 contracts, respectively, according to data from CME Group.
To hedge the risk of rising silver prices, a trader could set a stoploss on his short-silver order. For illustration, a short order is executed at 57.455 with a stoploss at 59.0. If silver goes up 10% to $63.2, the maximum loss will be $1,545 (= (59-57.455)*1000), well within the margin account balance of $4,000.
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GOLD (XAU-GC) BUY PLAN📊 Market Sentiment
Market sentiment for GOLD remains strongly bullish. One of the key drivers is the aggressive accumulation by global central banks. Recession concerns and persistent inflation fears continue to position gold as one of the most attractive safe-haven assets.
📈 Technical Analysis
Price has completed the expected accumulation phase and broke out strongly from the accumulation range. This former range has now turned into a clear demand zone. Price has pulled back into this zone again and is currently testing the $4060 level.
📌 Game Plan
The $4060–$3900 zone is my primary buy zone. I will continue accumulating within this range.
My first target is $4250, followed by $4400, which aligns with new all-time-high expectations.
If price closes below $3900 on the daily, this idea becomes invalid. Therefore, my stop is a daily close under $3900.
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Gold futuresOver the past four weeks, gold futures fell to the 3900 level, before resuming their upward move. They may be now be preparing to retest the all-time high at 4400. Formally, the trend remains bullish, however, from a historical perspective, it has already lasted for more than 1000 days, leaving limited room for further upside.
Long-term trend: Up
Resistance level: 4400
Support level: 3900
Gold Context: December Open & Holiday Inventory CheckCOMEX_MINI:MGCG2026 COMEX:GC1!
Traders. Here is the context update as we transition into the new month.
Market Context (Holiday Drift): The auction drifted higher on thin volume during the Thanksgiving and Black Friday shortened sessions. This extension was largely driven by a lack of sellers rather than aggressive buying, leaving us with a "thin" structure.
Structure & Inventory: We have significant inventory resting back at 4200 – 4170, sitting just above the Previous Week High (PWH).
Current Action: Price is holding the holiday extension.
The Problem: The move up lacks heavy volume support. We have "unfinished business" below at the breakout zone.
Plan & Execution: Monday marks the start of fresh December flows. I am not interested in chasing this extension at these highs.
Stance: Flat / Patient.
The Test: I want to see Gold rotate back to test the inventory at 4200 – 4170 first.
Decision: We need to verify if buyers will defend this zone (turning old resistance into support) before committing to a new directional bias.
Talk to you for the next update.
1H Rally-Base-Rally Long Setup | Weekly & Daily AlignedMarket structure remains bullish across the higher timeframes with the Weekly, Daily, and 1H all trending upward. I’m focusing on the most recently created valid 1H Rally-Base-Rally demand zone for a potential long entry.
This zone is high quality because it:
✅ Removed opposing supply zones
✅ Broke a valid trendline on departure
✅ Shows strong impulsive buying pressure
✅ Is the most recent institutional demand on the 1H
Plan is to wait for price to return into this zone for continuation with the higher-timeframe trend. As always, patience and risk management first no chasing price.
MGC Long Setup – 15M WOW Demand Aligned with 4H & Daily Trend15M WOW demand has formed from a trendline break, showing a shift in order flow.
Even though the 15M structure is currently bearish, the 4H and Daily trends remain bullish, keeping the higher-timeframe bias to the upside.
Entry plan:
• 15M demand wick entry
• Or refined entry using 1M nested demand
This is a lower-timeframe entry aligned with higher-timeframe continuation.
GOLD/ SILVER RATIO - Quarterly FlagBeautiful looking quarterly flag present on the gold silver ratio, should this break down, which would be likely to play out over the next 12-18 months (at most) then expect much higher silver prices.
I would expect to see the ratio hit between 50-30 should this flag pattern materialize.
The Truth About Timeframe Analysis – Chapter 2FAFO – F*-AROUND-FIND-OUT FRAMEWORK”**
If timeframes misalign, the market punishes you — every single time.
1️⃣ Trend / Impulse Check
Last impulse >2× previous → momentum, not trend.
Momentum alone = FAFO
Check last candles → volume continuation or fade
Context decides survival.
2️⃣ Zones Only Count With Confluence
Align with:
✔ Trend
✔ HTF
✔ Clean break/retest
✔ Rejection candle
✔ Multiple TFs clean
No confluence = decoration, ignore.
3️⃣ Candles = Evidence, Not Setups
Single candles ≠ signal
Must fit context + confluence
Wrong context → FAFO
4️⃣ Confluence = Survival
2 variables aligned + 1 neutral = potential
Any contradiction = dead setup
No guessing. No opinions.
5️⃣ Timeframe Conflicts → Wait
H1 bullish, M15 bearish → NO TRADE
Waiting = capital protection, not inactivity
Force a trade → FAFO
6️⃣ Context = Weapon
Strong trend + HTF resistance + fading volume = conflict → do not trade
Market shakes out amateurs here
Respect context or get cleaned
7️⃣ Golden Rule
Never trade against HTF unless MTF confirms reversal:
✔ Structure shift
✔ Volume shift
✔ Rejection candle
✔ Alignment
Trade anyway → RR small, execution precise
8️⃣ 10-SECOND CLASSIFICATION CHECK
HTF → bullish / bearish / conflict
MTF → aligned / challenging / opposite
LTF → entry / noise
Zone → fresh / retested / dead
Candle → supportive / neutral / invalidation
Confluence → 2 aligned + 1 neutral = tradeable
Contradiction → NO TRADE
9️⃣ FAFO Examples
Bearish M15 at HTF demand = FAFO
Momentum into dead zone = FAFO
Giant candle in consolidation = FAFO
10️⃣ Rule Stack
HTF owns the market
MTF decides opportunity
LTF executes only
Two variables aligned = potential
One contradiction = dead setup
Momentum ≠ trend
Zones need confluence or they don’t exist
MGC / GOLD 15/4h/D🧠 Multi-Timeframe Alignment – XAUUSD
Daily + 4H demand are in control ✅
15M structure is bullish ✅
Although price is currently high in the range, this 15M demand is valid because it just displaced and removed the opposing light red zone.
With lower timeframe confirmation and HTF alignment, I’m projecting price to continue higher and remove the 4H opposing zone.






















