With the Fed surprising the market with no reduction in QE, equities and commodities soared. Gold and Silver closed with the biggest gains in a very long time, settling +4.2% and +6.3%. Near term outlook looks bullish, but the bigger monthly trends remain to the downside.
GLD, daily
SLV, daily
Summary
On what was an extremely powerful and bullish close, many might forget or not realise, that the metals actually opened lower, with Gold -$13.
The bullish engulfing candles on the daily charts are extremely bullish, and near term upside looks an easy prediction.
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Despite the gains, broader trend - seen best on the monthly charts, remains to the downside. Metal bulls need 2 or 3 monthly closes in the Gold $1500s before they can get bullish about 2014/15..and beyond.
Regardless...an exciting day in the metals..and that had massive implications for the Gold mining stocks.