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By: Marty Armstrong | May 21, 2022

NY Gold Futures closed today at 184210 and is trading up about 0.73% for the year from last year's settlement of 182860. Up to now, this market has been declining for 2 months and if the market continues to remain beneath the previous month's low of 187090 on a closing basis, then it will remain weak for now. This price action here in May is warning that we may have at least a temporary high in place beginning perhaps a bearish reactionary move on the monthly level if we see lower prices next month or close lower. Otherwise, there remains the potential for a one-month Knee-Jerk reaction low. As we stand right now, this market has made a new low breaking under the previous month's low dropping to 178500 intraday and remains trading beneath that level.

ECONOMIC CONFIDENCE MODEL CORRELATION

Here in NY Gold Futures, we do find that this particular market has correlated with our Economic Confidence Model in the past. The Last turning point on the ECM cycle low to line up with this market was 2015. The Last turning point on the ECM cycle high to line up with this market was 2020 and 2011 and 1996.

MARKET OVERVIEW
NEAR-TERM OUTLOOK

The historical perspective in the NY Gold Futures included a rally from 2015 moving into a major high for 2020, the market has been consolidating since the major high with the last significant reaction low established back in 2015. The market is still holding above last year's low. The last Yearly Reversal to be elected was a Bullish at the close of 2020.

This market remains in a positive position on the weekly to yearly levels of our indicating models.

Looking at the indicating ranges on the Daily level in the NY Gold Futures, this market remains neutral with resistance standing at 184970 and support forming below at 183480. The market is trading closer to the support level at this time.

On the weekly level, the last important high was established the week of March 7th at 207880, which was up 30 weeks from the low made back during the week of August 9th. We have been generally trading down for the past 4 weeks, which has been a very dramatic move of 10.88%.

Looking at this from a broader perspective, this last rally into the week of April 18th reaching 200300 failed to exceed the previous high of 207880 made back during the week of March 7th. That rally amounted to only three typical reaction weeks. Subsequently, the market has breached that low of the week of March 28th and has closed beneath it warning the market is weak. Since then, the market has consolidated for the past 4 weeks. Right now, the market is below momentum on our weekly models casting a bearish cloud over the price action. Looking at this from a wider perspective, this market has been trading up for the past 4 weeks overall.

INTERMEDIATE-TERM OUTLOOK

YEARLY MOMENTUM MODEL INDICATOR

Our Momentum Models are declining at this time with the previous high made 2020 while the last low formed on 2021. However, this market has rallied in price with the last cyclical high formed on 2020 and thus we have a divergence warning that this market is starting to run out of strength on the upside.

Critical support still underlies this market at 175200 and a break of that level on a monthly closing basis would warn that a sustainable decline ahead becomes possible. Nevertheless, the market is trading below last month's low warning of weakness at this time.

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