Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) fell 6.97% on Friday to $11.34, largely in sympathy with the $30 gold price fall and 12bps rise in the U.S. 30-Year bond rate. These movements followed from the strong US...

Today’s Binary Options Trading Strategy: • Commodity: Silver • Timeframe: H4 (Hourly Chart) • Binary Option Trading Recommendation: Seek binary call options on dips below 15.850...

CLCrude oil futures fell sharply on Friday, as the U.S. dollar strengthened broadly following the release of upbeat U.S. employment data. The dollar index, which measures the greenback’s...

It is only March but precious metals markets have already shown some significant volatility this year as investors look for the next trend direction in two of the most commonly traded assets in the...

Silver has been forming a descending wedge since the high reached at the end of January. The US Non-farm result on Friday has left the wedge intact despite the pickup in volatility which is good news...

The monthly Copper MMI® ticked up to 73 in March – after its fall off a tall building down to 70 in February, copper’s dead cat bounced impressively 4.3% from its big drop.While...

With the dollar's renewed strength and slower global demand, commodities are under pressure again. The situation in Brazil is not helping as the weak Brazilian real encourages producers to dump...

Look folks, who can make this stuff up? We've endured months of FinMedia doting upon so-called "dollar strength", which in true context begets a snicker. Oh but wait, for now 'tis great: "Dollar...

Palladium has been one of the stronger performing commodities this year, as shown in the graph below. The commodity price has been on an uptrend since 4Q 2011. Last week saw a marginal firming (price...

Last week, we borrowed a phrase from Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings. We said it felt like, “the deep breath before the plunge”. We added, “We don’t necessarily mean a plunge...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Crude Oil Report CFTC COT data shows speculators oil bets go lower for a 2nd weekCRUDE OIL: Futures market traders and large oil speculators decreased their bullish bets in...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Gold Report Gold positions fall for fifth week to lowest level of 2015Gold: Gold speculators and large futures traders trimmed their gold bullish bets last week for a fifth...

A very quiet week last week for many stocks and markets until Friday when we saw a break. Believe it or not, we’re quite oversold here now already so I’m not really expecting much more...

SPDR Gold Trust (ARCA:GLD) – on sell signal. iShares Silver Trust (ARCA:SLV) – on sell signal. Market Vectors Gold Miners (ARCA:GDX) – on sell signal. iShares TSX Global Gold...