gold mcx sellraising wedge pattern forming after breakdown selling could be possible Shortby imrahulshah22
Bobby's homework assignment part 24.12.23 We started with a look at coffee which made a new high On a swing that went to the top of a range box where we would look for a reversal. Then we took a quick look at cold that reached its HKEX:4 ,000 target.19:53by ScottBogatin6
Gold: Shaken, not stirred 🍸Like James Bond, gold seems to prefer shaking to stirring, as its recent movements suggest. In the course of wave B in turquoise, the metal has been bucketed about quite thoroughly and still has got some room left to expand the current ascent. As soon as wave B in turquoise is finished, though, gold should turn downwards and resume the overarching descent by developing wave (4) in yellow. However, there is a 35% chance that the precious metal could use the turquoise zone between TADAWUL:1830 and HKEX:1709 as an early exit, completing wave alt.2 in turquoise and shifting upwards from there.by MarketIntel2
GOLD Futures WeeklyGOLD Weekly Analysis: It has been trading in range for 980 days = 980 /365= 2.68 years approx Previously trend has been in upward momentum and then it went into consolidation(sideways) or can be considered accumulation as it is bullish rectangle. Ranges are good to trade as markets are in equilibrium and can brake either side but here the probability is high towards upside due to bullish rectangle Also from point A to B there was double bottom with the divergence on RSI but the bottom didnt break and RSI leads the price back to the range top to point C to $2078. From point C to D a wedge formation within the range and bullish divergence on RSI = reversal movement and moves the price from low of $1700 to $2040. Point is RSI has been effective in gauging the strength of direction. Now if the rectangle breaks then the next target from range brake will be 2500 Based on FIB projection first target will be (2300-2040=260) % Return = 260/2040= 12.74% Second target will be (2500-2040=460) % Return = 460/2040 = 22.54% By the time there is no divergence on RSI and price brakes the last 2 highs 2078 and we have some green candles visible to support the direction as well, longs can be initiated above 2080 to chase 2500 level. Remember this is weekly timeframe will take atleast a year to perform and the most important is SL:1640 Longby SMS141
Gold H4 As 1980 Supports Target 2080In this update we review the recent price action in the #Gold futures contract and identify the next high probability trading opportunity and price objectives to target01:03by Tickmill116
Gold - $2,000 Is ImminentGood news for goldbugs: GC Gold futures is projected to take out $2,000. Bad news for goldbugs: I still believe that both price action and fundamentals are short/medium-term bearish on gold and that this swing will amount to an exit pump before lower prices forecast in the below post are achieved. Gold GC1 - Discard Greed, Enjoy the Tranquility of Rationality I also believe that Silver is about to rip over $25 for roughly the same reason Silver SI - A Simple Trendline and Levels Scalp And oil to $88 WTI Crude - Step 1) $88 --> Step 2) $5 Some key fundamentals on gold is that the Chinese Communist Party has been accumulating. I've heard that central banks tend to accumulate gold when their economy is in severe trouble and they want to make a bad situation look good. This is also a classic play in the CCP toolkit, trying to appear as if everything is great and the Party is very smart and stable even as tens of millions of citizens and technicians have died from the pandemic. Another reason for amassing gold is to convert foreign reserves/national currency into something they can trade for oil on the dark market. The CCP is not in a good situation. If you look at the stats the Party is reporting, they say that Wuhan Pneumonia (COVID) has totally disappeared from the country since Jan. 10. Not a single case, not a single death in two months, if you believe what the least credible regime on the planet has to say, at least, it's really a miracle. But you should never believe anything the CCP says. The Party is addicted to lying. There's data that says the Shanghai vault saw 140 tonnes leave in January, the largest withdrawal since 2018. Some analysis says the CCP has over 4,300 tonnes of gold in reality, twice as much as they report, making them the second largest holder behind the United States. So this tells us that the US is the market maker and the CCP, a crumbling regime that is the government of the one country everyone wants to seize control of, has decided to take a huge position, and at relatively high prices. There's good reason to believe, then, that the US has +alpha to be gained from dumping gold. But first, the MM and its custom algorithms need to take out the shortsellers who have stops above the $1,975 pivot and the buyers who will go long over the $2,000 psychological level while dreaming of a new all time high. The CCP is going to fall soon. But the skeletons in its closet from the 23.5 year long persecution and genocide against Falun Gong linger like a guillotine over not only its head, but over the heads of all the governments and corporations that have supported the Party and helped it to survive all these years. This means that the wish for China's opponents is to ensure a controlled demolition of the Party so that the truth of what's been going on all these years can be buried. The problem with getting ahead of ourselves based on last week's price action in terms of a long is that it's the beginning of the month and gold already went up 3%. So, in my opinion, I'm looking for a pullback into the $1,820 range to go long and with a target slightly over $2,000. Time horizon is by early April. Monthly candles show that February was an outside bar: Daily <--> 4H <--> 1H candles show that February took out its low of the month right at the end of the month as well. So ultimately, I expect the February low to hold, so long as I'm reading it right and price action is actually bullish, and so long as the fundamentals overall are actually bearish. And there's no reason to be immediately bearish. Although price was rather abruptly rejected at $1,975, on the way up, there were no pivots or imbalances created. The pivot was just drawn at $1,810~. We can tell this because last week's candle was also an outside bar. What I'm thinking is going to happen is that $2,000 will be achieved to clear out shorts and to trap breakout longs and hysterical top buyers. After that, the US market maker will dump metals hard to put greater economic pressure on Xi Jinping's PBOC and CCP as the world attempts to make the Party fall so that they can invade China and establish globalism, which will lead to real worldwide communism. Think of dumping metals as something of a soft sanction against China and Russia. The idea of globalism is to have the CCP's social credit scheme become standardized everywhere on the planet, and then humanity will live in a two class system: one where there is a very small group of Gates/Clinton-type elites who lord from their "holy" ivory towers over a very large garbage dump of slaves scurrying around for scraps. This is the plan. But over the very long course of history, a lot of governments and organizations have attempted to take over the world. World government has never worked out, and has always ended in disaster. Disaster, followed by a change of scenery. This is why we find buildings from old cultures at the bottom of the ocean and buried in the Earth. Be careful, and good luck.Longby LordWrymouthUpdated 2221
Bobby's homework assignment part 24.11.23 Coffee Is probably moving higher from an established support level. I wouldn't trade oil right now, But it's showing a price action that suggests it's going to expand outside the coil and that we should be looking for an opportunity trade this market.... and we will know it when we see it, It may be good for buyers or it may be good for sellers.... we will know... the probably not today. We did the quick review of gold from earlier this morning and emphasize how important it is to be able to read Markets to adjust to each bar print to interpret the market more precision. 19:01by ScottBogatin4
Bobby's Homework Assignment4.11.23 In this video we're going to do a follow-up of the previous videos yesterday when oil gold. The gold actually found the support we were looking for after the video was published.... and the market went up about 2500 points even though I would have expected the market to eventually move to the top of the range box. If we had already been in the market Doing that video I would have told you where likely Reversals would have been because I do that on every video where we assume we're actively in that market. However,I didn't take the time to show that because there was no evidence of an act of trade. Once you're in a trade it is very important to know where your trade may run into a potential Reversal..... and that is what I discussed on this video. You need to study this if you want to understand how I look at markets.... not just to get into the market but how to make discretionary decisions about the market once I'm in. Not just that, I'm showing you how I might get into the market at a later time because I missed the initial chance to take a trade. We did one more thing: I showed you how I might have a long trade, but the market has reversal and goes down HKEX:1 ,200 or HKEX:1 ,500.... but has not reached my Stop.... and how I would handle the drawdown when a market shows me it's probably going to test higher and that will give me an opportunity to get out with a much smaller stop and give me A very respectable profit... even if I'm concerned that the market may not go to a new high. In this case I could have Recouped HKEX:1 ,000 of the drawdown. The market isn't All or Nothing...You can make discretionary decisions that will help your outcome if you're willing and able to make those decisions. I think this is an important video For Traders who want to factor in these issues for better results.20:00by ScottBogatin2
Gold Futures According to my graphical analysis of the Gold future , there is a probability of an increase towards the 2040$ level in the next few days .by Azer332
Bobby's Homework Assignment Part 14.10.23 I am going to talk about gold on this video where I believe you should be looking to be a buyer. I ran out of time so I couldn't get to the ES into oil. They will be next. I'm trying to fit the pieces together to show how to use range boxes and how to look for some of the tools that I use And I want to add some detail to how I use those tools and make trade decisions. I learned a long time ago That there is a certain physical process where you dissect all the parts and then put them back together in a way that you can actually use information. For most people, They want the success but they're not willing to do the homework assignment... in any aspect of your life... not just Trading. Fortunately for me I wasn't that smart so I had to rely on Tenacity and a lot of work.... and I liked learning and I didn't mind Taking longer to learn something. I do not like losing money when I trade and that doesn't make me happy.19:11by ScottBogatin335
GC Trade UpdatesRecap on my position on the GOLD (GC) that I have in my portfolio with the physically replicated ETC XAD1 on the Frankfurt stock exchange. From WS Italy: Ole Hansen, Head of Commodities Strategy at Saxo Bank, said: “Overall, we expect a favorable 2023 for the gold market, supported by recession and equity market devaluation risks: an eventual peak in central bank rates combined with the prospect of a weaker dollar and inflation that does not return to the expected level of less than 3% within the year. Furthermore, the de-dollarisation observed by several central banks last year, when a record amount of gold was bought, looks set to continue. As often happens, the market has already “discounted” even if specifically it would be better to say “appreciated” what happened in the previous months, the threat of recession, and above all the recent banking crisis of SVB and Credit Suisse (imminent acquisition by UBS) . All in all, I think it’s time to rebalance a position in profit of almost 10%. I will take home part of the profits, aware of the fact that, as said by the analyst, gold could still go up. We are not talking about an index, but a commodity, which has historically exceeded 2000$ an ounce and has even dropped significantly. I sell part of the position waiting for better times for other purchases. As always, I leave you with Warren Buffett‘s quote: “We simply try to be afraid when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are afraid” Keep moving forward! Happy trading Lazy Bullby LazyBull50
Gold might retrace back to support before heading higherGold broke out of the resistance zone at 2000 region towards the 2040 resistance region which we identified last week. We have adjusted the direction of the break out where price can potentially fall back to the now 2000 support region before extending to the high of the range at 2080 region. As of now, any short opportunity should only be considered when price break out of the support region at 1940.by TrainingTrader1
Producing Recurring Income in GoldGold has long been a darling of investors. Its holders - whether households or central banks - seek refuge in the yellow metal in times of crisis. Gold is a resilient store of wealth, offers durable portfolio diversification, exhibits lower volatility relative to equities & bonds, and serves as an inflation hedge. But it has a big downside. As mentioned in our previous paper , gold pays zero yield. Shares pay-out dividends. Debt earns interest. Property delivers rents. But gold? Zero! There are multiple methods of generating yield from gold. This paper illustrates a risk-limited, easy to execute, and capital-efficient means of producing yield by investing in gold. Innovation in financial markets enables even non-yielding assets such as gold to produce regular income. A class of derivatives known as call options can be cleverly deployed to generate yield. Call options are derivative contracts that allow its buyers to profit from rising prices of the underlying asset. When prices rise, call option holders earn outsized gains relative to the options price ("call premiums"). Unlimited upside with limited downside describes the call option holder's strategy in summary. What has that got to do with generating yield in gold? Everything. For every buyer, the market requires a seller. Options sellers collect call premiums which comprise the income. Many widely believe that options are weapons of mass wealth destruction. Not entirely wrong. Used poorly, options devastate investors' portfolios. Deployed wisely, options help astute traders to better manage their portfolio, generate superior yield on their assets, and construct convexity (disproportionate gain for fixed amount of pain) into their investing strategies. Fortunately, a covered call is a strategy which uses options prudently. As the strategy involves holding the asset whose prices are expected to rally, the risk of the strategy is hedged with risks well contained. Gold Covered Call involves two trades. A long position in gold and a short position in out-of-the-money gold calls. In bullish markets, investors gain from call premiums plus also benefit from increase in prices. Covered calls not only enable investors to generate income but also reduce downside risk if asset prices tank. A covered call trade in gold can be implemented in a margin efficient manner using CME’s Gold Futures and Options. A long position in CME’s Gold futures (“Gold Futures”) gives exposure to 100 troy ounces (oz) of gold per lot. Combining long futures with a short call option on Gold Futures at out-of-the-money strike allows investors to harvest premiums. Selecting an optimal strike and an expiry date is critical to successfully execute covered call strategies. First, Strike. It is the price level at which the call option transforms to be in-the-money. Strikes which have daily volumes & meaningful open interest enable options to be traded with ease and provide narrow spreads. Strikes that make options expire worthless benefits the covered call options holder. Second, Expiry. Options have expiry. Options sellers thrive on shrinking expiry for generating yields. Investors selling call options optimise their risk-return profile by selecting an expiry with higher implied volatility (IV). Option prices are directly proportional to IV. Higher IV leads to larger premiums enriching returns. SIMULATION AND PAY-OFF MATRIX This paper illustrates a covered call strategy in gold using the CME Gold derivatives market: 1. Long one lot of Gold Futures expiring in Oct (GCV3) at $ 2,050/oz. 2. Sell one lot of Call Options on Gold Futures expiring in Oct at a strike of $ 2,275 collecting a premium of $ 40/oz. The pay-off matrix simulates the trade P&L under four likely outcomes among many possibilities at trade expiry: a. Gold rises past the strike ($ 2,400): Options get assigned to the buyer. Covered call option holder incurs loss of $ 85/oz (=$ 2,400 - $ 2,275 - $ 40) from short call offset by profits from long futures ($ 350 - $ 85) = $ 265/oz. Each GC contract has 100 troy ounces of gold, so total profit will be $ 265 x 100 = $ 26,500. b. Gold rises but remains below the strike ($ 2,250): Options expire worthless to the buyer. Seller retains premium in full. Covered call option holder profits from long futures + call options premium ($ 200 + $ 40) = $ 240/oz. Each GC contract has 100 troy ounces of gold, so total profit will be $ 240 x 100 = $ 24,000. c. Gold price falls marginally below the entry price ($ 2,030): Options expire worthless to the buyer. Covered call option holder loses money from long futures and thankfully the loss is offset by call options premium (-$ 20 + $ 40) = $ 20/oz. Each GC contract has 100 troy ounces of gold, so total profit will be $ 20 x 100 = $ 2,000. d. Gold price falls ~5% below the entry price ($ 1,950): Options expire worthless to the buyer. Covered call option holder loses money from long futures and the loss is partially offset by call options premium (-$ 100 + $ 40) = -$ 60/oz . Each GC contract has 100 troy ounces of gold, so total loss will be -$ 60 x 100 = -$ 6,000. The chart below describes the pay-off from Gold Futures (Long position), Gold Call Options (short position) and Covered Call (combination of the two trade legs). MARKET DATA CME Real-time Market Data helps identify trading set-ups and express market views better. If you have futures in your trading portfolio, you can check out on CME Group data plans available that suit your trading needs www.tradingview.com DISCLAIMER This case study is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment recommendations or advice. Nor are they used to promote any specific products, or services. Trading or investment ideas cited here are for illustration only, as an integral part of a case study to demonstrate the fundamental concepts in risk management or trading under the market scenarios being discussed. Please read the FULL DISCLAIMER the link to which is provided in our profile description. Educationby mintdotfinance339
Gold Future's Historical Point and Figure ChartMAGNIFICENT take-off platform morphing into existence for #Gold. 35$ box size watch that 2060$ level.Longby Badcharts1110
Five Reasons and Six Ways to Invest in Gold"Gold is money. Everything else is credit.", said John Pierpont Morgan. When borrowers default, markets collapse and banks run into crisis, gold prices skyrocket. Gold is trading at a 12-month high on March 18th. Gold has been valued for thousands of years. Gold has unique properties. It has been enchanting women and men since humans set foot on the planet. Polycrisis. That aptly describes the current times. The US regional bank crisis haunts markets. Credit Suisse - the bank to the wealthiest was so frail that Swiss National Bank had to step in to provide liquidity backstop. Regulators worked over the weekend to broker an acquisition by UBS to prevent a banking crisis from spreading. Inflation is raging hot at levels unseen in 40+ years. Compounding Chair Powell's quagmire, the US Fed has been forced to switch from QT to QE by providing support to its regional banks from collapsing under crisis of confidence. Geo-politics remains tricky. In times of crisis, investors seek flight to safety. Safest of all assets since civilisation began has been gold. This educational piece provides an overview of (a) physical gold market dynamics, (b) largest holders of gold reserves, and (c) gold price behaviour against other asset classes. It also describes five primary reasons for investing in gold, contrasts six methods of doing so, and highlights the downsides of holding gold. PHYSICAL GOLD DYNAMICS Gold performs multiple functions. It is a currency to some. Store of wealth to others. It is an industrial metal used in consumer electronics. The rich love gold in clothing and food. A bird's eye view of physical gold can be summarily described in three parts: 1. Consumers : Gold is used in consumer electronics due to its high conductivity and low corrosive properties. Gold used as industrial metal represents 6%-8% of total demand. Unsurprisingly, >50% of global gold demand is for jewellery. Jewellery is a multi-tasker. It meets aesthetic goals, serves as a status symbol while also being a form of investment. 2. Gold Reserves : Central banks hold gold as reserves. They are the most significant holders of gold. The haven nature of gold compels central banks to increase holdings during economic uncertainty, high inflation, or currency devaluation. Central Banks added >382 tonnes to their reserves in 2022. 3. Producers : Gold mining is a cyclical industry. Mining output has been in decline over the past decade as major gold producers shift to mining minerals and other metals like copper with the proliferation of lithium-ion batteries in EVs. Gold mining took a huge output hit during the pandemic and may not recover any time soon as capital expenditure into new gold mines is limited. GOLD RESERVES - THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS According to the World Gold Council, as of end 2022, central banks in Western European (11.8k tons) have the largest gold reserves followed by North Americans (8.1k tons), Central & Eastern Europeans (3.5k tons), and East Asians (3.4k tons). Last year, central banks of Turkey, China, Egypt, Qatar, and Uzbekistan were the largest buyers of gold. FIVE REASONS WHY GOLD SHOULD BE IN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS Gold is a resilient store of wealth, provides meaningful portfolio diversification, has limited price volatility, extends benefits of hedge against inflation & currency debasement, and is limited in supply. 1. Resilient Store of Wealth Gold outperforms equities during periods of economic instability. Due to its material properties and scarcity, it can even become more valuable during such periods as investors seek shelter in classic risk-off assets such as gold. 2. Portfolio Diversification Gold can have both positive and negative correlation with other asset classes during different periods. This makes it an attractive addition to a diversified portfolio. 3. Limited Volatility Due to its large market size and diverse supply origins, gold is less volatile than equities and other asset classes making it a safer asset class for investors. 4. Inflation Hedge Gold is often seen as an inflation hedge. Which means that it can maintain its value or appreciate during periods of high inflation due to its scarcity and safety. However, in some cases monetary policy changes like interest rate hikes may make gold a less attractive investment compared to treasury yields during inflationary periods. 5. Limited in supply Gold is a finite resource, that too, one of the rarest precious metals in the world. Moreover, more than 200,000 tonnes of gold have already been dug up. This represents more than half of the total reserves. The gold that is yet to be mined is much more difficult to extract economically. Scarcity creates rarity, which in turn drives the value of the existing gold higher. Many governments, banks, and people also use gold as a long-term investment, which means a huge portion of the gold supply is taken out of circulation, shrinking available supply even more. SIX WAYS OF INVESTING IN GOLD There are multiple ways of investing in gold. Six primary ones are: 1. Physical Gold : Gold can be bought and stored in the form of jewellery or gold bars. Costs of storage, insurance and making charges can be substantial and also inconvenient. Investing in physical gold is not optimal for reasons of poor convenience and higher transaction costs. 2. Gold ETF : Exposure to gold can also be acquired through buying exchange traded funds (ETF) backed by physical gold. There are multiple ETFs that track physical gold prices. The SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) was the pioneer and began trading in 2004. It has an expense ratio of 0.4% and tracks gold bullion prices. GLD holds both physical gold bullion and cash. GLD provides a liquid lower-cost method to buy and hold gold. Gold can be bought and sold during the trading day at market price. Investors must pay heed to taxation as gains from ETFs in some jurisdictions can be treated differently compared to other forms of gold. 3. Gold Futures : CME’s COMEX Gold futures is the world’s most liquid derivatives which enables capital efficient exposure to Gold. With round the clock liquidity, tight bid-ask spread and benefits of a cleared contract, investing through COMEX Gold futures is widely popular. Each lot of COMEX Gold Futures provides exposure to 100 oz of Gold. Enabling affordable access to investors and to facilitate accurate granular hedging, CME also offers Micro Gold Futures. Each lot of Micro Gold contract provides exposure to 10 oz of Gold. 4. Gold Options : CME also offers options on Gold Futures. Gold options is a useful investing and hedging tool. Using options, investors can lock in unlimited upside potential of price moves while limiting the adverse impact of downside price moves. 5. Shares of Gold Producers : Gold mining is an international business. Gold is mined on every continent except Antarctica. Top gold miners include Newmont (USA), Barrick (Canada), Anglogold Ashanti (South Africa), Kinross (Canada), Gold Fields (South Africa), Newcrest (Australia), Agnica Eagle (Canada), Polyus (Russia), Polymetal (Russia), and Harmony (South Africa). As is evident from the chart above, investing in gold miners for exposure to gold is a poor proxy as most of them have underperformed relative to gold prices. Furthermore, FX exposures must be hedged separately for some stocks which trade in emerging markets. In summary, securing gold exposure through miners is not optimal relative to other alternatives. 6. Gold CFDs : CFDs also known as contract for differences allows for synthetic access to the price of spot gold. These CFDs are OTC derivatives contracts which carry non-trivial counterparty risk with investors being exposed to the credit risk of the CFD provider. The table below summarises the merits of various gold investment instruments across key investment attributes. GOLD TOO HAS ITS DOWNSIDES Gold is a non-yielding asset. Shares of profitable companies pay dividends. Holding debt earns interest. Real estate delivers rents. But gold provides zero yield. For every problem, innovation in markets provides a solution. In a future paper, Mint Finance will demonstrate how gold can be transformed into a yield generating asset. Rising interest rates are headwinds to gold. As rates on treasury, bonds and deposits rise, investors rotate their money out of gold and into yield generating assets. Not only is gold non-yielding, but the returns also fade into insignificance relative to gains from innovation. In times of crisis, gold is a great hedge. However, while positioning portfolios for the long term, investors must astutely balance between safety versus growth. GOLD RETURNS IN RELATION TO OTHER ASSET CLASSES 1. US Equities and Emerging Markets Gold outperforms equities during periods of crisis. During equity bull runs, gold underperforms equities. Cumulatively, over the last 20 years, Gold has outperformed Dow Jones, S&P 500, and MSCI Emerging Markets. Only Nasdaq, which represents tech, innovation and growth has surpassed gold returns. 2. Treasuries with 2-Year and 10-Year Maturities Unsurprisingly, when sovereign risks rise and treasury yields fall to zero, gold shines. Between two non-yielding assets, investors prefer to take shelter in gold as a preferred haven. However, when rates rise, investors rotate out of gold and into treasuries. 3. Crude Oil, Copper, and Silver Over the last two decades, Gold has outperformed crude oil, copper, and silver. 4. Dollar Index, Bitcoin and Ethereum While US Dollar and gold are both global reserves, gold has outperformed the Dollar Index which is the value of the USD against a basket of six international currencies. However, relative to bitcoin and ethereum, gold pales into insignificance. Bitcoin is perceived as millennial gold and ethereum is the millennial oil. Both assets have obliterated gold in terms of price returns. 5. Major Currencies Over the last 3 years, as markets emerged out of the pandemic, gold has outperformed all the major currencies. Yen, under the influence of Governor Kuroda’s liberal QE program, has depreciated 63% against gold. Indian Rupee has deflated 47% while Euro and Sterling have shed 38% and 32% against gold. The US Dollar, Chinese Renminbi, and Aussie Dollar have depreciated 31%, 29% and 20% against gold, respectively. Key Takeaways Gold is money. Everything else is credit. Gold glows in crisis. It is a knight in shining armour for investors. Gold is the only asset which exhibits negative correlation. These are times of polycrisis. As investors seek flight to safety from banks even, gold is the safest among the few remaining alternatives. Gold is a resilient store of wealth, offers durable diversification within a portfolio, exhibits much lower volatility relative to equities, and serves as an inflation hedge albeit with less than a perfect record. Clients can invest in gold in multiple ways. Gold futures is the most convenient and optimal among the six alternatives. Gold has its downsides. It is a non-yielding asset and performs dismally against innovation and growth. Except for Nasdaq, bitcoin and ethereum, gold has outperformed currency majors, equity indices, US treasury, and commodities. In a future paper, Mint Finance will explore ways in which gold can be transformed into a yield generating asset. 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Gold Shines as Nasdaq DeclinesGold glows as risk blows. Multiple bank failures and shotgun bank marriages are bringing back scary memories of 2008. Amid gloom, demand for gold blooms. Gold is a resilient store of wealth, offers durable portfolio diversification, exhibits lower volatility relative to equities, and serves as an inflation hedge. As described in our last paper , among the six ways of investing in gold, CME COMEX's Gold Futures ("Gold Futures") is most optimal among them. This paper is set in two parts. Part 1 delves into Gold Futures. Part 2 articulates a spread trade case study comprising of long gold and short Nasdaq yielding a reward to risk ratio >1.4x . COMPREHENDING GOLD FUTURES AND ITS PARTICIPANTS Gold Futures is the world’s most liquid gold derivatives. Fifty billion USD notional is traded daily on average. This leads to unrivalled bid-ask spreads enabling investors to gain capital efficient exposure to the price of gold. Launched in 1974 and trading over nearly 50 years, Gold Futures offer tight correlation to physical gold prices. Gold Futures trade 23 hours a day. Trading starts every Sunday 5pm Chicago Time (6am Monday in Singapore) to Friday 4pm Chicago time (5am Saturday in Singapore) providing near round-the-clock access. Gold Futures provide superior capital efficiency with a leverage of nearly 25x at current prices. Gold Futures come in two sizes. Each lot of the full contract provides exposure to 100 oz. of Gold requiring $8,000 in margins per lot. However, each lot of Micro Gold contract delivers 10 oz. of gold price exposure. Micro contracts which require only $800 per lot in margins provides affordable access to investors while helping hedgers fine-tune their risk management strategies with more precious exposure. When trading spreads, investors can further boost return through margin credits. Broadly speaking, investors, hedgers, and speculators form the active participants in the gold futures market. Hedgers use futures to manage their overall gold portfolio risk exposure. They use derivatives to lock in price for future transactions or to effectively hedge against price fluctuations. Speculators participate in Gold Futures with the intent of punting on gold price moves to generate profits. Investors use gold futures for generating return on capital over an extended period. They tend to focus on underlying fundamentals rather than short-term price movements. All three types of market participants are essential for effective financial market operation. Together they help build deep liquidity pools thereby facilitating robust price discovery. GOLD IS SET TO OUTSHINE NASDAQ The Nasdaq Index comprises of one hundred large and most actively traded U.S firms listed on the Nasdaq exchange. The index includes firms from a variety of industries except financials. These include tech, health care, retail, biotech, and industrial companies. The index is weighted by market capitalisation. During risk-off phases, investors rush to shelter in safe-havens. Gold prices rise. Also, when rates rise, companies whose values hinge on future distant cash flows suffer. As those cash flows get discounted at steeper rates diminishing its present value, share prices plunge. As risks and rates rise & remain high, Gold will outperform Nasdaq. Validating this view is the positioning of participants based on CFTC’s Commitment of Traders (COT) report dated March 13th. It shows that managed money and speculators are net long on Gold. COT report of the same date shows that leveraged funds are net short in the CME E-Mini Nasdaq-100 futures. However, asset managers remain net long. The options market also vindicates the above views. Options on Gold Futures have a put/call ratio of 0.6x which signifies bullishness in gold. For every 10 bullish gold investors, there are only 6 bearish ones. However, for Nasdaq, options exhibit a put/call ratio of 2x meaning that for every 10 bullish Nasdaq investors, there are 20 bearish ones. Is a long position in Gold Futures a solid trade? Questionable, given that gold has rallied 10% since the start of banking crises. Current gold prices are overbought based on RSI. If crisis deepen, gold may continue its ascent. However, if market gains comfort from bailout assurances, gold prices will soften. Therefore, a directional long position in gold is beset with risk. However, as rates continue to rise or remain high, Nasdaq will struggle as growth firms get punished with discounted present value. Hence, this case study argues that a spread trade to long gold & short Nasdaq will deliver a compelling positive yield. Yes, growth stocks in Nasdaq have outperformed gold over the past twenty years. Yet, these stocks will struggle during times of crisis and elevated rates. The Gold-Nasdaq Ratio (“GNR”) had a golden crossover in January 2022 as equities came off its peak with rates rising. Since then, long-term (200-day) moving average has been a strong support for GNR. With GNR trading above this level, it provides investors a compelling spread trading opportunity with strong upside and limited downside. A long position in CME Micro Gold Futures expiring in June 2023 (MGCM3) provides exposure to 10 oz of Gold with a minimum margin requirement of $800 per lot. Each contract of MGCM3 represents a notional of $19,940. A short position in CME Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 Futures expiring in June 2023 (MNQM3) provides exposure to $2 x Nasdaq-100 index with a minimum margin requirement of $1,680 per lot. Each contract of Micro Nasdaq-100 represents a notional of $25,750. Spread trade requires notional values of each leg to be identical. Therefore, a long position of five lots of MGCM3 is required to offset a short position of four contracts of MNQM3 . Margin offsets are available for this spread. The trade entry, target, stoploss, and reward to risk ratio are set out below: • Entry: 15.27% • Target: 16.90% • Stop: 14.20% • Profit at Target: $10,172 • Loss at Stop: $7,230 • Reward-to-Risk Ratio: 1.4x MARKET DATA CME Real-time Market Data helps identify trading set-ups and express market views better. If you have futures in your trading portfolio, you can check out on CME Group data plans available that suit your trading needs www.tradingview.com DISCLAIMER This case study is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment recommendations or advice. Nor are they used to promote any specific products, or services. Trading or investment ideas cited here are for illustration only, as an integral part of a case study to demonstrate the fundamental concepts in risk management or trading under the market scenarios being discussed. Please read the FULL DISCLAIMER the link to which is provided in our profile description.Longby mintdotfinanceUpdated 7
GOLD DT BIG SHORTGold seems to be taken double top and now coming down. trendline now support seen at 58800 58900 if gold break trend line support than we can see big correction in upcoming prices 800 1500 2500 Points. STRONG SUPPORT 58800 { $1930} Trade Idea work out condition: - watch for a break of the support zone (trendline) for confirmation -fresh entry always with stop below support price Comments and view always welcome. Shortby JAIMATADUpdated 1
Gold Weekly Chart, at a critical pointdo we retrace or break at the highs... obviously depending on the side of the fence that you sit on will decide whether you fade into a buy or sell I believe with the current concern over the banking system (which I believe is not over) on what the Fed is going to do? one more and done? higher or longer? the state of the US$? I favour higher and breaks of the highs but do your analysis and you decide what you favour, good luck Longby MarkLangley1
Gold going down if we check 1 Week gold Chart the price take the same Support and resistance level for last Years also if we check Rsi is soo Near from Overbought level Shortby Harmonic_Charter0
Is it just me, or are we headed lower?If we can get past the 2050 price level, we may be able to test 2080, however, given the bullish trading environment, the price is looking like it is more likely to retest 1980/1960 in the near term. COMEX:GC1!Shortby JBNYCTRADE225
GCM3 High: 2060.00 Low: 1973.00 HigherWeekly Kickoff levels are longer timeframe levels where we believe longer time traders will adjust inventories.Longby TopstepOfficial2
next trend of goldI guess the Gold is gonna continue going up in the coming days : )by abdalbasteamsaadi2
Gold Contract (Daily bias) Done?!Predict Direction by using DOL of The Vacuum block and Liquidities by NovaiX91