Syed Haider Imam
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
I remember your call. I didnt have a firm conviction on direction of Gold for 2013 because fundamentals had a different story than the technicals. From a chartist's point of view, Gold's Bull run ended in Decemeber of 2011. And then it formed a decent support at $1550.. Every time it has hit $1550, I have bought it. The way I viewed it is that the long term uptrend will continue as there is no good economic news or hopes of it. The money printing will continue, so Gold may flow side ways. But I never expected a total meltdown of prices like this.
Folks, this is what happens when you try to mix fundamentals with Technicals. I just was hesistating to trust the charts. I mean how could Gold go down in a downtrend... This truly is a remarkable learning lesson for me, to say the least.
Next support is somewhere b/w $1327 & $1275..
Honest comments..........This was very deceptive GOLD move. Last two days was horrific once all the stop losses HIT.
It was front running by GS and their clients. Rather advising client to SELL they urged them to SHORT SELL.
GS gas booked 19% losses in Crude Oil.
Most of the time, they were wrong but this time they nailed it.
Lets see how market reacts after Cypres Government GOLD liquidation. It seems, EU will force some other PIIGS country for forced GOLD selling.
Interestingly, Russian got beaten twice. Once when Greece bond holders booked 50-70% losses and now when their accounts have been confiscated.
They will come back after EU..........How..........Time will tell.