Gold: See What This Fibonacci Ratio Says About Trend
A Fibonacci .618 retracement is a common reversal point in the markets
by Bob Stokes
Updated: August 13, 2020
Fibonacci numbers follow a sequence that begins with 0 and 1, and each subsequent number is the sum of the previous two (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, and so on).
After the first several numbers in the sequence, the ratio of any number to the next higher is approximately .618 to 1; its ratio to the next lower number is approximately 1.618 to 1.
Fibonacci ratios appear throughout nature, from the shape of galaxies and seashells to molecules and even the human body.
The Wall Street classic book, Elliott Wave Principle: Key to Market Behavior, by Frost & Prechter, explains why these ratios should be of keen interest to investors:
The Fibonacci sequence governs the numbers of waves that form in the movement of aggregate stock prices...
The fact that waves produce the Fibonacci sequence of numbers reveals that man's collectively expressed emotions are keyed to this mathematical law of nature.
Here's what you need to know: Price turns often occur when Fibonacci ratios between market moves -- or waves, as we call them -- have been reached.
Besides the stock market, Fibonacci ratios also show up in the price charts of other financial markets, like gold.
Here's a 15-minute chart and commentary from our August 10 U.S. Short Term Update:
Gold's high at $2072.12 led to [an Elliott] wave decline to $2015.34 last Friday, as shown on the chart. Since Friday's low, prices traced out an [Elliott] wave rally where [one] wave took the form of a triangle. At today's $2050.36 high, gold retraced a Fibonacci .618 of the decline from $2072.12.
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