This afternoon, all of the leading gold mining stocks are coming under selling pressure. The popular Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:GDX) is trading lower by 0.65 cents to $46.48 a share. The trend on this leading ETF remains down as the GDX price is trading below the daily chart 50, and 200 moving averages. The GDX should have some short term daily chart support around the $45.00 level. Short term traders should watch for intra-day support around the $46.25 area.…

The leading gold mining stocks have been declining lower since February 29, 2011. At that time, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) was trading as high as $57.91 a share. This afternoon, the popular GDX is trading lower by 0.73 cents to $49.90 a share. This leading gold mining ETF is now trading below the important 50, and 200 moving averages. This current chart formation puts the GDX in a weak technical chart position. Short term traders can watch for intra-day support…

The leading gold mining stocks have plummeted lower since since February 29, 2012. At that time, the highly traded Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) was trading around the $58.00 level. Yesterday, the GDX traded below the $50.00 area which is a sharp decline in such a short period of time. This morning, the GDX is trading higher by 0.22 cents to $50.34 a share. Short term traders can watch for intra-day resistance around the $50.50, and $51.00 levels. The daily chart is…

This morning, all of the leading gold mining stocks are ticking higher. Yesterday, gold, silver, and leading mining stocks were slammed sharply lower as the U.S. Dollar Index rallied. Traders should realize that when markets stage an outside day on heavy volume it is usually an indication of lower prices to come. The popular and highly traded Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) is trading higher by 0.12 cents to $55.52 a share. The daily chart is signaling that the GDX will…

This morning, all of the leading gold mining stocks seem to be under some slight selling pressure. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) is trading lower this morning by 0.34 cents to $55.48 a share. The daily chart for the GDX remains very range bound at this time. The GDX has made a series of lower highs since November 2011 and this is a sign of weakness. The high end of the trading range would be around the $58.00 area, the low end of the range is around the $50.00…

All of the leading gold mining stocks have surged higher over the past week. The popular Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX) has rallied higher by over $6.00 since January 25, 2012. This is a very fast move in such a small span of time. Whenever an equity rallies this quickly it will usually need to pullback or consolidate before moving higher. Traders can easily see that the GDX has been halted by the daily chart 200 moving average.



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There are so many traders and investors that believe that the gold mining stocks will automatically trade along with gold, the precious metal; this is not always the case. Every stock has its own set of issues that it will face. Very often the price of gold and the gold mining stocks will trade in tandem with each other, however, there will be times when the mining stocks will lag and other times when they will lead the price of gold. Each different gold mining stock must be followed…

Throughout this week, the leading gold mining stocks have come under heavy selling pressure. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) has declined from $56.00 a share on December 12, 2011 down as low as $51.57 a share yesterday. That is a major drop for the ETF in less than a week by anyone’s standards. This morning, the GDX is trading higher by $1.05 to $52.75 a share. The daily chart is short term oversold so a near term technical bounce should not be ruled out. The GDX also…

Last week, the major stock market indexes inflated sharply higher. The highly followed and popular Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) gained 787.0 points by the close on Friday afternoon. The catalyst for the stock market rally last week was once again, the central banks around the world stating they would provide liquidity for the frozen banks. This announcement is simply more of the same news that many traders and investors recall hearing in September 2008. Perhaps this time around…

Every trader should watch gold extremely closely. Gold has signaled inflation better than any indicator in the world for the past ten years. When gold trades higher it tells traders that the stock markets are being inflated by a major institution or perhaps even a central bank. The opposite is true when gold declines as it will indicate that the stock market is deflating. Gold and the stock market are synonymous with each other. The only difference is that gold will usually lead the…

There is a very simply rule that traders should follow, when gold is trading higher it is signaling an inflating stock market. The opposite is true when gold is trading lower, it is signaling a deflating stock market. Gold and the major stock indexes are synonymous at this time and will trade in the same direction. Traders and investors should know that gold often leads the stock markets and will usually signal the direction for the major stock indexes.



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This morning, the gold mining stocks are rallying sharply higher. The popular Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX) are trading higher by $1.42 to $62.72 a share. The GDX has soared higher by more than $12.00 since October 4, 2011. Traders must realize that the GDX is now overbought and could need to pullback or consolidate very soon according to the daily chart. Traders that own the GDX at these levels should simply tighten up the stop loss at these levels. The GDX will have…

Gold has just skyrocketed higher from the start of the trading day. When gold rallies it is signaling that inflation is coming into the market place. Traders can easily see the bounce in all of the major stock indexes since the opening bell as gold lead the move higher. The SPDR Gold Shares (AMEX:GLD) are still trading lower by $1.07 to $166.30 a share. The GLD will have intra-day resistance around the $167.00, and $168.00 levels.



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This morning, the popular and highly traded SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE:GLD) is not trading higher with the major stock indexes. The GLD is trading lower by 0.34 cents to $167.07 a share. Over the past five trading days the GLD has soared sharply higher, therefore, today could just be a pause day or a breather from a quick move. Since early September, gold has signaled that the economy is facing deflationary pressures. The GLD bottomed on September 26, 2011 at $154.19 a share which was…

This morning, the leading gold mining stocks are declining lower. It seems that gold and the leading gold mining stocks have begun to trade right along with the major stock market indexes once again. If you look at the popular Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX) you will see that the GDX made a low on October 4, 2011 at $50.42 a share. This is the same day that the major stock indexes made a low as well. Since that day the GDX has rallied higher with the major stock indexes. This…