After a huge rally in June, the gold sector has continued to press even higher.

The VanEck Vectors Gold Miners Fund (GDX) closed at $26.10 per share on Wednesday. That’s its highest level in a year. And, in spite of my cautionary comments last month that “gold stocks could use a break,” the sector shows no sign of slowing down yet.

But, I’m still cautious on the gold sector.

Don’t get me wrong… I like the gold stocks. I think the sector will be higher in the months to come. But, I’m not willing to chase them higher here. Instead, I’ll be looking to add exposure to the sector on a pullback.

And, based on the look of the following chart, I suspect that pullback may happen sooner rather than later.

Look at this chart of GDX…

You can see that as GDX rallied to a new high on Wednesday, key momentum indicators like the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) and the 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) failed to reach new highs. This sort of “negative divergence is often an early warning sign of an impending pullback. 

And, since GDX is already so stretched above its 50-day moving average (MA) line (the squiggly blue line on the chart), and the shorter-term moving averages are quite extended as well, now is probably a bad time to be increasing exposure to the gold sector.

Traders will have a better, lower-risk chance to buy into gold stocks when/if GDX comes back closer to its 50-day MA, or when the various moving averages all coil together again.

It looks to me like we’re probably at least a couple of weeks away from getting that sort of setup.

Best regards and good trading,

Jeff Clark

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