Back to basics As extraordinary events happen in global markets right now, conflicting fundamental data can be hard to decipher. We had pandemics before. 1889 Russian flu pandemic, 1918 Spanish flue pandemic. 1957 Asian Flue Pandemic, 1968 Hong Kong flue [...]
The weakest link The weakest link is you. That is not always easy to admit, but it is factual, that the main cause for large draw downs is human error. The list of errors in market participation is long. For [...]
Ignition on the monthly time frame - green light For those traders who like to be early in the moves and are willing to take some extra risk for extra rewards, we just found first system confirmations. For the monthly [...]
Bullish tone but not low risk Silver has shown some relative weakness towards gold within the precious metal sector in recent days. Looking at the weekly chart we can see that the distribution zone near US$18.60 has successfully rejected silver [...]
The bigger picture Silver prices are driven by several different factors, which are often opposing in effect. What is the bigger picture? There's an inverse relationship between the strength of the US-Dollar and the price of silver. This is a [...]
Build on your strength It might look like a struggle with the markets when trying to participate in the money game. That isn't really the case though. It is a struggle with oneself. What to do when in doubt? Build [...]
Where to place stop orders The general principle with stops is:" either wide or tight". Anything in the middle gets stopped out. That is why all typical stop methodologies are sub par (chandelier, parabolic sar, swing stops, support/resistance, asf). Counter [...]
An early stab Participating in the markets is full of conflicts. This is due to the fact of the high variability of the market which has as such many choices and many moving parts. In this week´s case we have [...]
Silver shining in 2020 Why might this be a good year for silver? Let us look at some silver fundamentals and some general factors that influence the price of silver: 1. A wide range of industries have an ever-increasing demand [...]
Time exits: exposure is risk In our last chartbook we pointed out reasons for our very active participation in the precious metal sector at this time. We wanted to underline, that our approach has nothing to do with pyramiding. Avoiding [...]
