Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Copper Non-Commercial Positions: Large speculators sharply decreased their net positions in the copper futures markets last week as net positions fell to the lowest level since October, according to...

by Chaim Siegel of Elazar Advisors, LLCGold has a problem. Inflation has been dropping while interest rates are rising. It’s a double-whammy of bad for gold. Gold needs a good CPI number on...

When oil futures dropped 5% last Thursday, analysts were quick to blame OPEC for production cuts that have, over the past four months, failed to resolve the oil glut. But the real culprits are as...

The pattern below, currently visible in crude oil's daily chart, often indicates a short-term, lower time-frame climax. Can justify tightening stops (or exiting positions, depending on how you...

Oil and precious metals continue their comeback in Asia as the market breathes a collective sigh of relief with Macron’s victory.OILCrude has opened on a positive note in early Asian trading,...

by Chaim Siegel of Elazar Advisors, LLCWe last spoke about oil in a post on April 20th. At the time, we didn’t like the “action.” All the good news wasn’t getting oil to move...

Welcome back to your charts and to yet another Monday morning look at oil.Unlike the very nature of the fossil fuel we’re trading, Oil really is the chart that keeps on giving! Check out the...

Last week, we talked about the effect of the French election on the gold and silver markets, and noted: Of course, traders want to know how this will affect gold and silver. As we write this, we see...

Crude oil WTI futures price – Expected Propositional Trading Zone for the week of May 1st, 2017.Crude seems ready for a technical bounce from the current levels. Disclaimer: This analysis is...

GLD (NYSE:GLD) – on sell signal. SLV (NYSE:SLV) – on sell signal. GDX (NYSE:GDX) – on sell signal. XGD.TO (TO:XGD) – on sell signal. CEF (NYSE:CEF) – on sell...

OPEC’s May 25 meeting, at which ministers will consider extending their production cut agreement, is now a month away. Most signals currently point towards an extension for at least another...

Our last two weekly missives have highlighted gold's being technically "high" near-term, (yet fundamentally undervalued -- understatement -- in the broadest sense). And as the above panel shows, gold...

Crude Oil - Expected Trading Zone For The Week of April 24th 2017 Disclaimer: This analysis is purely based on the observations. I do not have any position in crude oil. One can create position in...

Gold Non-Commercial Positions: Large speculators and traders increased their net positions in the gold futures markets last week for a fifth consecutive week and to the highest level in over five...