HGU and ZJG, see also Nov 11, 2014 blog. ABX may be in same camp.

hgu jan 6 2014bzjg jan 6 2015

and shorter term;

Hgu jan 6 2015 sZJG jan6 2015 s

From Nov. 11, 2014, you are up about 25/30% so there is room to manoeuver. At the time we preferred the triangle idea which would have needed a single thrust down consisting of 5 sub-waves. We got that in both the HGU and the ZJG and then started to turn up quite smartly. Now that both those upturns have very distinct signatures that might suggest that they are corrections, 3 –3 – 5 or a-b-c’s we are not so sure anymore. It is entirely possible that there never was a triangle. Instead it might have been a running flat which would imply that the thrust is not a thrust but a wave 3 instead, 3 of 5 to be exact.. We then still need a 5th wave down, either in a conventional 5th wave without overlap, as shown in the HGU chart, or in a diagonal or wedge, also shown in the ZJG chart.

    Gold stocks have performed well recently but very few show perfectly formed initial 5 waves up and therefore some caution is still called for. Below is the chart for ABX;

abx jan 6 2015

Here we have a similar but different situation. There obviously never was a triangle but there was a perfectly clear eight month long A-B-C correction (which, by the way, we caught in real time),  that presumable would have been a wave 4. After such a correction you need 5 sub-waves down which arguable we had in the form of a wedge. The rather feeble  rise from those lows suggest that this 5-wave sequence is not complete. If so we are now in c of 4 and could drop down again. This scenario would be negated by overlap at around $16.50 It could still become a wedge of sorts so the low need not be much below $10.50 or so. You risk a dollar by staying in.

HGU and ZJG

HGU.TO - nov 12 2014ZJG.TO - nov 12 2014

Now that gold seems to have completed 5-waves down I am asked repeatedly what you should buy. This blog cannot give advice because, for one, I have no idea who you, the reader, are. A basic tenet of the “know your client” or KYC philosophy. Having said that and assuming you are highly disciplined, a totally hypothetical case as neither you or I are, then these two ETFs come to mind.

Gold dropped from a high of 1922 to a low of 1140 or so, a total of roughly 800 points. A normal retracement target would be roughly 38% or about $300 which would bring us to 1440. Applying that to gold ;

gld nov 12 2014

we find that that brings us back to roughly August of 2013. This just happens to coincide with the high points in both the triangles on the HGU and ZJG. Keep in mind that the HGU is supercharged being levered 2 to 1. If you are confident what is there not to like? I have left the charts at similar sizes so you can move them around and compare.

R, Romarco update and ZJG

R feb 2014 lR feb 18 2014 s

See also previous blogs. From the big picture it is clear that this stock could easily go higher than the $2.80 that it reached three years and a bit (not on the lower chart) ago. There is no prospecting or any of that kind of uncertainty attached to this stock, just the permits and the improved technologies that allow more of the precious metal to be leached out of the tailings. Our best guess here is that a wave 2 (A-B-C or A-B-C X A-B-C) was completed either in July last year or more recently in Dec. of this year. What stands out is a fairly clear triangle (always a wave 4 or B). The stock should normally trade back to the highest point in the triangle ($1.40) as a minimum. The gap recently suggest a wave 3 of minor 1 is in progress. It should complete near the $1 mark, then fall back a bit and then continue up. This may even happen a little sooner as the stock is a bit overbought. The ZJG (BMO Junior golds) more or less confirms the idea of of a large A-B-C down, from $25 to $5.76, see below;

ZJG feb 2014

Ready to break out?

ZJG update

ZJG oct 10 2012

The BMO junior gold ETF is a barometer of sorts to keep an eye on. These are small gold exploration and mining companies with high beta’s relative to the big boys. If they stumble there is trouble ahead. In our June 6th blog we drew a line in the sand, go above $17 and things look good, stay below it and things remain problematic. Things may still change  for the better , but for now stand aside.