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Gold and silver consolidate while API tests oil’s recent gains

Fresh record highs in US equities fails to dent appetite for precious metals, while oil prices retrace off fresh highs on an API surplus.

Gold Source: Bloomberg

Gold Technical analysis, overview, strategies, and levels

Even as indices were making record highs, gold's price has managed to avoid dropping in value, and where in the FX market the US dollar’s performance was in the middle against the other FX majors. Overall however, the gains have been limiting than when we have a 'risk-off' event where safe haven is snapped up, and could be suggestive that even in times of improved risk appetite, investors still prefer to hold a portion of their portfolio in the precious metal to guard against downside risks. That is keeping its technical overview consolidatory whereby the bulk of its main indicators remain neutral.

Gold Technical Indicators Source: IG charts
Gold Technical Indicators Source: IG charts

IG client and CoT sentiment for Gold

The lack of significant change in price has resulted in a lack of significant change in sentiment, with heavy long bias rising 1% amongst retail traders to 70%.

Gold sentiment Source: IG charts
Gold sentiment Source: IG charts

Gold chart with retail and institutional sentiment

Gold Source: IG charts
Gold Source: IG charts

Silver Technical analysis, overview, strategies, and levels

As with gold, silver's price was most in consolidation, and a slight finish lower failed to undo six consecutive trading days of gains that preceded it. Most of its main technical indicators remain neutral on both the daily and weekly outlooks, but combined with a trending ADX (Average Directional Index) in need of other technical indicators to confirm a direction, be it to the upside or downside. A lack of volatility aids conformist technical overview strategies that remain relatively range-bound, but should volatility pick up and contrarian strategies may be more ideal.

Silver Technical Indicators Source: IG charts
Silver Technical Indicators Source: IG charts

IG client and CoT sentiment for Silver

Silver sentiment Source: IG charts
Silver sentiment Source: IG charts

Silver chart with retail and institutional sentiment

Silver Source: IG charts
Silver Source: IG charts

Oil WTI Technical analysis, overview, strategies, and levels

Given oil prices stand at the upper end of the daily bull trend channel, it has been testing majority short retail traders awaiting a price move back down to unwind (some averaged-in) shorts. API's (American Petroleum Institute) reading yesterday showed a 4.7M surplus which forced the energy commodity into retracing somewhat later in the session, and up next is EIA (Energy Information Administration) today expected to show a 1.5M deficit. The technical overview remains bullish, but intraday gains have been limiting at best, and testing breakout buy strategies in the process, even if it conforms to its current technical overview.

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Oil Technical Indicators Source: IG charts
Oil Technical Indicators Source: IG charts

IG client and CoT sentiment for Oil WTI

In sentiment, the breach higher has pushed majority short retail bias into heavier territory, up 4% since yesterday and at 71% as of this morning.

Oil sentiment Source: IG charts
Oil sentiment Source: IG charts

Oil WTI chart with retail and institutional sentiment

Oil Source: IG charts
Oil Source: IG charts

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