Chris Vermeulen, CEO & Founder of Technical Traders Ltd., joins Tom Bodrovics at Palisade Radio to discuss the markets and Chris says, “This is the time to really be paying attention to the markets… It could be a bloodbath.”Chris is seeing uncertainty that could bring equities lower as money is flowing into safe havens. The charts are showing that markets are approaching a m...Read More

Gold stocks are the crazy ride in the markets. The swing are so great it does not matter if you miss a bullish the break out as another deep pull back allows you to enter with ease. The good news is the (!XAU) PHLX Gold/Silver Index (in the chart below) is very friendly to price cycles. These cycles can be used for timing markets, it also makes it clear if you fight the price cycle you may be in l...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday April 28 that are worth another look.Swedish special steel producer Ovako has used hydrogen to heat steel before rolling for the first time, the company announced on April 28.Over the past month, Chinese importers have been keen to buy overseas copper scrap at more competitive prices, with scrap production shrunk by the effects of...Read More

Gary Savage SPX rally heading for 3,000 area, a pullback and then a run for 3,200 area..Gary Savage https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/Read More

Ira EpsteinSettlement times come in at 1:30pm EST. Down day in energy, Oil ETF changes rules again, liquidating all front month-June contracts! Gold markets in a consolidation phase, Gold has a bear pattern but..Read More

Well boys and girls The Straits of HELL have just been breached, JUMPED with a GAP, which leaves us with one of the LARGEST Island Bottoms of all times, IF not the largest.To me that signifies that whomever they are, Monetary or Governmental Authorities, Et Al, have lost control.and that Precious Metals will do as they need to, based on the leadtime of the GDX.Good Luck All, BREAK A LEG !! The G...Read More

A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday April 28.Please click...Read More

From the unimaginable lows, crude oil isshaking off the dust. Moving higher, can it rise like a phoenix?Before moving to thetechnical part of today’s analysis, it seems that a quote from yesterday’s OilTrading Alert would be appropriate:Crude oilwas just trading below 0. Well, not completely, but the nearest futurescontract was trading below 0 for the first time ever. In case you misse...Read More

Rwanda has allowed some mines and exporters in the country to resume operations starting from Tuesday April 28, sources told Fastmarkets. Five of the 19 export organizations in the country in eastern Central Africa will be allowed to ship out material from today and 20 mines - including those producing tantalum, tungsten and tin - will be allowed to slowly resume operations. Ta...Read More

There are times to keep being focused on highertimeframes, yet the finer ones do send valuable signals at times too. Andtoday, every precious metals investor better pay attention to their message.Take a look at the below chartfeaturing the miners. We will compare the juniorminers to what GLD ETF and SPY did. The latter are ETFs representing gold and the S&P 500. Wezoomed in to the 2-hour char...Read More

Domestic hot-rolled coil prices in Northern Europe moved down slightly day on day due to low demand, sources told Fastmarkets in Tuesday April 28.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?440.00 ($476.70) per tonne on Tuesday April 28, down by ?,?1 per tonne from ?,?441.00 per tonne on April 27.Tuesday's index was calculated based on official offers hear...Read More

The recent economic reports show that the current coronavirus crisis will be bigger than the Great Recession. What does it imply for the gold market? US Economic Data Paints a Gloomy PictureThis week was full of new reports about the US economy. And guess what, I don’t have good news… First of all, let’s start with the update about the weekly initial unemployment benefits. In no...Read More

After a long term bear market in most commodity related stocks we are starting to hear analyst talk about inflation. From a Chartology perspective the deflationary scenario is still in play but how much lower can this sector go? In tonights Weekend Report, I’m going to update some long term commodity charts we’ve been following for years to see where they are currently trading in their...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday April 28 that are worth another look.Swedish special steel producer Ovako has used hydrogen to heat steel before rolling for the first time, the company announced on April 28.Over the past month, Chinese importers have been keen to buy overseas copper scrap at more competitive prices, with scrap production shrunk by the effects of...Read More

The impact of Covid-19 is undeniably huge. It continues to make its presence felt across all commodity markets, including the ferrous supply chain, from raw materials down to finished steel products. One significant impact that can be tracked closely through spot pricing is the increasing disarray in price correlations between various segments of the ferrous supply chain after the Covid-19 pandemi...Read More

Upside momentum in London Metal Exchange base metals prices was capped during the afternoon session on Tuesday April 28 while pervading uncertainty across the complex left three-month prices mixed at the close. Some analysts suggested participants were waiting on the sidelines in anticipation of macro developments from virus-hit global economies including the United States, before committing to fu...Read More

The implications are bearish for the following few weeks...by Przemyslaw Radomski via Sunshine ProfitsPractically everything that we wrote yesterday, remains up-to-date today. Consequently, we will quote some parts of the analysis, and we'll supplement them with additional discussion of the relative performance of various sectors, as we saw interesting details yesterday that further confirmed ou...Read More

Seaborne iron ore market prices fell on Tuesday April 28, following the momentum in the iron ore futures curve on the Dalian Commodity Exchange. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $82.20 per tonne, down $1.28 per tonne. 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $84.60 per tonne, down $0.90 per tonne. 58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $71.97 per tonne, down $0.50 per t...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange consolidated during morning trading on Tuesday April 28, characterized by thin volumes and sideways trading, while a 7,300-tonne fresh cancellation from Asian locations bolstered copper's price incline. The LME three-month copper price was recently at $5,188 per tonne, inching up by 0.1% from an intra-morning low of $5,170 per tonne. Trading turnover...Read More

Ferro-alloys prices have generally retreated over the past month, with demand concerns gaining in prominence.The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Ferro-alloy pricing trends have generally diverged ove the past month, depending on the security of the supply-side position of the market. With most supply concerns fading with the resumption of industrial activity i...Read More