2pm update – metals and miners

US equities remain in weak chop mode. Meanwhile, the precious metals are leaning weak, Gold -$2, with Silver -0.4%. The miner ETF of GDX is currently -0.9% in the $38.82s.

Weekly charts, for some perspective…

GLD

SLV

GDX

Summary

*I would note that gold, silver, and the related miners, are all holding below their respective weekly 10MA, and I thus deem the s/t trend as bearish. S/t price structure is a multi-week bear flag.

Gold/GLD: Set for a net weekly gain of around +0.2%.

Silver/SLV: Set for a net weekly gain of around +2.0%.

GDX: Set for a second consecutive net weekly decline of around -2.5%.

notable miner: GOLD

Barrick Gold… lower with the sector. The 200dma in the $24s is prime target, which syncs with a legacy minor gap.

Equities: sp’60min

Price action remains choppy. S/t momentum is ticking back upward, but unless we get a Pelosi comment that ‘agreement is near’, the market should lean weak into the weekend.