Gold: A Lesson from Mom and Pop
What you can learn about gold’s future trend by watching small traders
by Bob Stokes
Updated: May 23, 2019
What "mom and pop" do in the gold market is instructive. Heed the lesson and do just the opposite.
At least, that's what our observations over the years have taught us.
"Mom and pop" is a term for retail investors. A little over a year ago, they were gung-ho for gold.
This is from a March 20, 2018 article (Kitco):
Gold Investors Piling Into ETFs...
Holdings of gold by global exchange-traded funds have risen to a multi-year high...
Well, mom and pop were not very happy with what happened next.
The Jan. 25, 2018 high of $1366.38 dropped to $1160.24 by Aug. 16, 2018, a 15% decline.
Yes, gold did rebound, but prices once again slipped -- this time from a Feb. 20, 2019 price of $1347.11.
Our March 11 U.S. Short Term Update provided perspective with this chart and commentary (wave labels available to subscribers):
Small traders in gold futures, which represent the Mom-and-Pop retail trade, have increased their net-long position as a percentage of open interest to 5.33%, the highest level since 5.65%, which was shortly after the top [on Jan 25, 2018]. Small Traders chase the trend, becoming more bullish as prices rise and more bearish as prices decline. Their position size usually reaches an extreme in gold at or shortly after a trend reversal.
Our May 20 U.S. Short Term Update once again discusses the retail trade in gold -- and provides a chart of gold's anticipated price path -- according to the Elliott wave model. Plus, subscribers get specific gold price targets -- straight from Chief Market Analyst Steve Hochberg.
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