An important day for oil
Oil was no exception today and joined the sea of red in most markets, but for volume traders today was an interesting one when we […]
Commodity Market Analysis
Futures trading in the US session and background to oil
As we start in the US futures session, Anna explains the background and forces now aligned as the price of oil collapses and triggers panic […]
Rally for oil fades quickly
This week’s rally for oil was a short-lived affair. Monday’s rally was supported by good volume and followed on from the buying we saw in […]
But not so good for silver!
Whilst gold is on a tear at the moment, I thought it would be interesting to check out the monthly chart for silver, to see […]
A bright shiny year awaits gold bugs!
In last week’s post on gold, I drew your attention to the extreme price action of Friday last, and in particular the associated volume which […]
An anomaly on the daily chart for gold
A fascinating day of price action for gold on Friday, and whilst I was expecting gold to fall as I suggested last week, the speed […]
The first signs of buying on WTI daily chart
I highlighted stopping volume on the daily chart for WTI in last week’s analysis, and Friday’s price action provided further evidence of this as this […]
Stopping volume on the daily oil chart
The WTI futures contract for oil and the April contract is delivering some interesting price action on the daily chart, and one on which VPA […]
The anomaly of gold
Some curious anomalies at present and none more so than for gold. With markets plunging with ever-increasing momentum one would expect to see gold rising […]
The only question……….which trades to take!!
An extraordinary day as the markets moved sharply lower, driven by fears of the virus now spreading globally, and with the ‘p’ word now front […]
Silver bathes in gold’s glory
A prescient post on Monday when I suggested silver would be relying on gold for a breakaway from the current congestion, and with gold surging […]
Reasons to be cheerful for gold bugs
Terrific to see gold performing so strongly after my analysis at the start of the week where I suggested gold remains bullish, and the $1600 […]
Oil developing in congestion and preparing to move higher
Next a look at oil, and again from my post of last week this is what I suggested on the daily chart: Note the high […]
Silver relying on a move from gold
As we would expect, silver and gold correlate relatively closely, and with gold pushing higher, the industrial metal is doing its best to follow suit, […]
Gold to continue to remain bullish
As we start a new trading week, time to check in on some of my favourite markets, and starting with gold, and to take a […]
Check out the candles for direction on gold
Gold continues to remain rangebound on the daily chart, but it is perhaps the weekly chart which is more revealing, and as I mentioned in […]
Silver remains weighed down
The selling which was evident for both gold and silver on the 8th January has had a more profound and longer term impact on the […]
Stopping volume on the weekly oil chart
In my last post for oil I wrote the following: So where next for oil? Another key level awaits below at $55 per barrel and […]