The gold sector has been smacked down pretty hard over the past week. And, there’s still more selling ahead.
The VanEck Vectors Gold Miners Fund (GDX) traded as high as $37.50 per share last week – just before the Bullish Percent Index for the gold sector (BPGDM) triggered a sell signal.
Yesterday, GDX traded down to $34. That’s a pullback of almost 7% in just the past week.
By the look of the following chart, there’s still plenty of room for GDX to fall even more. Take a look…
The action over the past two months has created a small “head and shoulders” pattern on the GDX chart. This is a bearish pattern that often signals the reversal from a bullish trend to a bearish trend.
GDX has support at the “neckline” of the pattern at about $34. But, if that support fails, and GDX breaks the neckline, then it could quickly head towards the next support level near $30.50.
That would be a decline of about 20% from last week’s high. And, that would be on par with the 15% decline in GDX last September, and the 18% decline in late February – which occurred right after the last two BPGDM sell signals.
So, even though gold stocks are lower today than they were when we looked at them last week, there’s still more downside ahead.
Traders who are hoping to buy into the sector on weakness should stay patient. Gold stocks are still likely to be lower in the weeks ahead.
Best regards and good trading,
Jeff Clark
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