Guest Commentary: Gold & Silver Daily Outlook 05.10.2012

Gold and silver continued their descent during yesterday. As a result of yesterday’s fall gold price reached its lowest level since December 2011l

Gold and silver continued their descent during yesterday. As a result of yesterday’s fall gold price reached its lowest level since December 2011l

Work down from larger degrees of trend. Markets (crude, copper, equities especially small caps, and commodity FX) are on the way down after forming multiyear topping patterns.

Gold and silver tumbled down during yesterday’s trading.

Commodities are under fire once again as Greece-linked risk aversion rages on across financial markets.

Crude Oil Tumbles Could Force US Dollar to Surge vs. Canadian Dollar

Given the potential for an extended decline in everything (crude, copper, equities), I favor trading the AUDUSD and NZDUSD. There will be sharp short covering rallies along the way (NZDUSD at support now) thus aggressive traders may wish to trade from both the long and short side.
Gold and silver resumed their downward trend on Monday as they have declined in the past five out of sic business days. The results in the French and Greek elections may have had a slight negative effect on the Euro, which in turn may have also adversely affected commodities prices.

Last week gold and silver slightly decreased despite their modest come back on Friday following another disappointing U.S employment report . The most recent news is coming from France in which Hollande won Sarkozy in the elections.

Crude oil and copper followed stocks lower but precious metals found modest support as French and Greek election outcomes sparked Euro crisis fears.

Traders and reporters are buzzing about the crude oil collapse. Since crude has been leading equities, don’t expect equities to hold their lows. The early week plan is to short a small AUDUSD bounce