Since we last wrote about the SPDR Gold ETF (NYSEARCA:GLD) in March, the Elliott wave pattern has come into focus for the Gold ETF (you can find our prior article here). Gold price targets for the wave higher have been met and a move lower (or price correction) may be in process.
In terms of time and price, the move up from late 2015 appears to have completed a five-wave impulsive move. As well, there are additional factors suggesting that gold prices should begin to consolidate or make a downward retracement soon. Below are some potential gold price targets into year end (or perhaps early 2017).
While we can count a possibly completed five wave structure up from the low, price also is testing potential resistance in the form of the first standard deviation of a regression channel on a weekly chart. Beyond that, late August is also near the peak of a 52-week cycle (not shown).
Meanwhile, recent COT reports have large speculators heavily long in gold futures just as commercial interests are heavily short. We expect the imbalance to resolve with a correction in gold prices.
Gold ETF (GLD) Chart – Potential Elliott Wave Pattern
Keep in mind that it is too early to discern the larger pattern. In the big picture, price might try to form a three-wave pattern that goes generally upward into 2018, or it could form a more lengthy five-wave impulsive pattern. Thus we have labeled the recent move and the forecast retracement as either (a)-(b) or (i)-(ii). However, in both cases it makes sense to watch for a downward leg before trying to ride gold higher. The 52-week cycle suggests that the next low could occur in the later months of 2016, and we expect it to be a higher low versus the one formed in 2015.
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