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Evil talks about tolerance only when it’s weak. When it gains the upper hand, its vanity always requires the destruction of the good and the innocent, because the example of good and innocent lives is an ongoing witness against it. So it always has been. So it always will be. And America has no special immunity to becoming an enemy of its own founding beliefs about human freedom, human dignity, the limited power of the state, and the sovereignty of God. – Archbishop Chaput

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Continuous Commodity Index back above its recently broken support level

Some of the readers might recall seeing the chart of the CCI that I posted not long ago detailing my concerns as to whether a deflationary mindset was creeping back into the markets. That was based on the pattern of the weekly CCI chart which showed a breakdown of the support level thereby forming a double top in the process.

Today, the risk trades were back in force with the US equity markets roaring higher once again. That had most commodity markets seeing hedge fund money flowing in after it all flowed out for the past two weeks.

In the process, the CCI was able to move back above the broken support level shown on the chart which set off the double top alarm bells. This is a significant development as it shows that the bulls are not yet ready to throw in the towel on the commodity sector as a viable asset class. Here is the key however - today's move was impressive but there are still two days remaining in the trading week.

How this index closes Friday afternoon will be a very big deal. If it can hold this level which comes in near 640 and stay above that, preferably moving above the previous week's high at 650 while so doing, it would give us the very real possibility that a bear trap was sprung and this index is going to try pushing back towards 660 for starters. That would immensely benefit both gold and silver bulls.

Should the index fail and drop back below 640 for the week on the close, the bears would have dodged a bullet and the bulls will be back on defense.


Obviously we are all back to trading risk or not risk. "Wax on Daniel San; Wax off Daniel San". If Risk is back on, then the index will move higher. If not, it will move below support once again.

By the way, the long bond chart shows the return of risk trades in today's session with a huge downside move forming a bearish engulfing pattern on the daily chart. Whether that holds is anyone's guess. As manic as the hedge funds are, they could stage an outside day reversal to the upside tomorrow. However, after having moved nearly vertical for the past 5 weeks, the bonds are overbought technically giving traders a reason to book profits based off the bearish chart signal today.

I would feel a bit more confident about a breakdown in the bonds if we get some followthrough selling in tomorrow's (Thursday) session. They are still above the 10 day moving average and need to at least take that out to get the bulls wavering a bit further. Also note that the bonds have completed a move to the 50% Fibonacci retracement level from the decline off the late October high where they promptly failed. The bulls will need some ammunition to prevent some bears from getting a bit more confident.









2 comments:

  1. May you be strong in truth and faith Dan
    Feast of Our Lady of Fatima

    Our Lady comes as Our Lady of Fatima. She says: "Praise be to Jesus."

    "It has been almost a century since My apparitions at Fatima. Since then, Heaven has tried to intervene in the destructive course of events taking place in the world. My warnings went unheeded at Fatima. Many lives and souls were lost. Today, here at this site, I have been sent by My Son once again to draw mankind into the truth, but most do not listen."

    "I do not come to impose but to invite. Dear children, if you cannot accept My warnings and heed them, you will have much more to suffer than a world war. Danger is all around you - in politics that have sacrificed righteousness for ambition, in the media that has encouraged moral degeneration and in the acceptance of Satan's lies over the truth."

    "Today I tell you, it is not acceptable to wait for some formal approval to believe and live these Messages of Holy Love. You haven't the time. Compromise holds sway over many hearts that you look to for endorsement. Many people embrace lies over truth for the sake of popularity, position and power."

    "But no one holds power over God's Justice. My visits here are the same as at Fatima where I came to convert the heart of the world. Hasten to your conversion. Evangelize the truthful, scripturally sound Message of Holy Love by becoming the Message. Allow Me to fill your hearts with the truth. It is by your efforts the direction of the heart of the world can change."

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  2. XAU showing relative strength today. Very constructive, since Wall St. has appeared to drop everything and chase the LNKD IPO today. Wouldn't it be nice to see a stock like NEM or GG go from $45 to $115 in a few hours?

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