June gold futures closed down $3.70 at $865.90 yesterday. Prices closed near mid-range yesterday. Bulls have the slight near-term technical advantage in gold. A two-month- old downtrend is still in place on the daily bar chart. Gold bulls' next upside price objective is to produce a close above solid technical resistance at $900.00. Bears' next downside price objective is closing prices below solid technical support at the May low of $846.40. First resistance is seen at yesterday's high of $871.70 and then at $875.00. Support is seen at yesterday's low of $860.00 and then at $855.00.
Wyckoff's Market Rating: 4.5
JULY SILVER
July silver futures closed down 18.8 cents at $16.64 an ounce yesterday. Prices closed nearer the session low yesterday. Bulls and bears are back on a level near-term technical playing field. Bulls' next upside price objective is closing prices above solid technical resistance at this week's high of $17.37 an ounce. The next downside price objective for the bears is closing prices below solid technical support at the April low of $16.42. First resistance is seen at yesterday's high of $16.95 and then at $17.00. Next support is seen at this week's low of $16.57 and then at $16.50.
July N.Y. copper closed down 460 points at 368.55 cents yesterday. Prices closed nearer the session low and hit a fresh seven-week low yesterday. Bulls are fading. Copper bulls' next upside objective is closing prices above solid technical resistance at 380.00 cents. The next downside price objective for the bears is closing prices below solid technical support at 360.00 cents. First resistance is seen at 370.00 cents and then at yesterday's high of 374.35 cents. First support is seen at yesterday's low of 365.25 cents and then at 362.50 cents.
Jim Wyckoff became a financial journalist with
Futures World News for many years, cutting his teeth
as a reporter on the futures trading floors in
Chicago and New York, where he covered every futures
market traded in the United States at one time or
another including commodity futures trading in Softs and Metals. Click here for full
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