So said John Donne and the same is true of markets. One of the most fascinating features of trading is that markets at times they display interesting interrelationships and that these relationships tell you something about the underlying emotional state of the market. Below are three markets I am currently involved in and all seem at this point in time to be telling a story about how the market is currently coping with a President – Elect who seems to have the IQ of a trout and the stability of a slinky falling down Mt Everest.
As personal disclaimer I am currently long gold, short the USD in various iterations and my short term Dow system just threw me out from my last long position. So this is my story so it reflects my internal bias. What is interesting is that the Dow didn’t power through 20,000. I remember when it hit other “significant” numbers and it just burst straight through – there was no prevarication or hesitation. Yet at the same time the Dow paused gold began to move up and the USD Index began to move down. Whilst is is interesting to try an assemble a narrative from this – it is easier to simply trade the charts and let others build a narrative as to what they mean.
As a final point it is worth looking at how a few major markets have performed YTD – as you can see precious metals seem to be doing a fair bit of heavy lifting.
In terms of heavy metal lifting ….. would High-Grade Copper be worthy of inclusion in your YTD Gain table?
No metal is an island ….. indefinitely.
It would.