Sulaman Chaudhry and Andy Cole send: Hope you all had a great weekend. Let's look at a few charts:
The S&P looks to be forming a rising wedge of sorts. A break to the downside would definitely be bearish, but until that happens, which it most likely will, the trend is up and continues to be for now.
After that high volume breakout on the Gold (ETF: GLD) chart a few weeks ago, we've seen a nice bit of consolidation around that 100$ level. For those traders banking on a move past 100$, this is definitely healthy in order to have a sustained move higher.
The head and shoulders that we have been on top of since February is still in play. A break above 100$ should lead us to a target price of 115$ on the GLD over the course of a few months.
There was a strong surge in volume on the U.S. dollar (ETF: UUP) last Friday. Whether this will form some sort of short term bottom remains to be seen, but it's something to keep an eye on.
Finally, take a look at Hecla Mining (HL). This stock has seen a surge in buying volume over the past few weeks as it completed a cup and handle breakout, which was no doubt influenced by the pennant breakout in gold. We would look for a retest of $3.90 on the downside as nice entry position.
