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Weekly Futures Recap With Mike Seery

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We've asked Michael Seery of SEERYFUTURES.COM to give our INO readers a weekly recap of the Futures market. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 15 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets.

Michael frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN Business, and Bloomberg TV. He is also a guest on First Business, which is a national and internationally syndicated business show.

Gold Futures

Gold futures in the December contract settled last Friday at 1,297 an ounce while currently trading at 1,286 down a little over $10 for the trading week. The sell-off is due to several factors including the 10-year notes now yielding 2.30% which is a fundamental bearish indicator towards the precious metals coupled with the fact that the U.S. dollar has now hit a 5-week high putting pressure on the precious metals here in the short term. Gold prices are trading under their 20-day moving average and right at their 100-day testing major support around the 1,275 level. I am currently not involved in any of the precious metals as this market remains in a seesaw pattern. Gold prices had rallied earlier this month due to major tensions between North Korea and the United States, and I don't think that situation is going away anytime soon, but things have settled down, and that is why are also seeing a selloff in the bond market. The flight to quality has come to an end at least here in short-term so look at other markets that are beginning to trend with a better risk/reward scenario at the present time.
TREND: CHOPPY - LOWER
CHART STRUCTURE: POOR
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Weekly Futures Recap With Mike Seery

Posted on by The INO.com Team

We've asked Michael Seery of SEERYFUTURES.COM to give our INO readers a weekly recap of the Futures market. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 20 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets.

Michael frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN Business, and Bloomberg TV. He is also a guest on First Business, which is a national and internationally syndicated business show.

Crude Oil Futures

Crude oil futures in the November contract settled last Friday in New York at 50.44 a barrel while currently trading at 50.50 primarily unchanged for the trading week which is a rare occurrence as this is a very volatile commodity. I will be recommending a bullish position if prices close above 50.88 while then placing the stop loss under the 10-day low standing at 48.28 risking around $1,300 per mini contract plus slippage and commission. Oil prices are right at a 15-week high trading above their 20 and 100-day moving average telling you that the short-term trend is higher with heating oil hitting another contract high in today's trade while unleaded gasoline continues to remain firm. I am bullish the entire sector across the board. The chart structure in crude oil is excellent due to low volatility, and we could be involved in a bullish position at Friday's close so keep a close eye on this market as I think the commodities, in general, are moving higher as the bearish trends have finally come to an end in my opinion.
TREND: HIGHER
CHART STRUCTURE: EXCELLENT
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A Tumbling Copper Could Hit The Floor

Posted on by Aibek Burabayev

Aibek Burabayev - INO.com Contributor - Metals


Greed is one of the strongest human motivators. It is easy to get greedy, but it is hard to push it down after it gets extreme. The main point of my previous update in August was to focus your attention on the price action in the $3 area as the price could hit this psychological level and then retreat. My advice was to book profits and wait to see what would happen next.

I hope that you heeded my advice and didn’t get greedy as copper was pushed down below the $3 level very quickly.

In the same post, I thought that this upside move in the metal that had started last year could just be a consolidation before another drop down. In the chart below I go into more details about it.

Chart 1. Copper Monthly

Monthly Chart Copper
Chart courtesy of tradingview.com
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Weekly Futures Recap With Mike Seery

Posted on by The INO.com Team

We've asked Michael Seery of SEERYFUTURES.COM to give our INO readers a weekly recap of the Futures market. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 15 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets.

Michael frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN Business, and Bloomberg TV. He is also a guest on First Business, which is a national and internationally syndicated business show.

Gold Futures

Gold futures in the December contract settled last Friday in New York at 1,351 an ounce while currently trading at 1,328 down about $23 for the trading week. For the 1st time in over a month prices traded lower and may have topped out in the short-term at 1,362 as profit-taking has ensued pushing prices lower this week. If you are long a futures contract, the chart structure has turned outstanding, and I would place my stop loss as an exit strategy below the 10-day low standing at 1,319 which is just about $10 away. Prices are still trading above their 20 and 100-day moving average as the trend remains higher in my opinion. The U.S. dollar traded sideways this week lending little support for gold prices as the story is all about North Korea and if or if they don't send a missile over the weekend sending prices higher or lower. There is still a high demand for physical gold at this time so continue to play this to the upside. Volatility in gold is relatively high as the higher price goes in a commodity, the higher the volatility as well that is why you can see $10/$15 trading ranges on a daily basis. Make sure you place the proper amount of contracts as I think the volatility will even increase throughout 2017.
TREND: HIGHER
CHART STRUCTURE: EXCELLENT
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Weekly Futures Recap With Mike Seery

Posted on by The INO.com Team

We've asked Michael Seery of SEERYFUTURES.COM to give our INO readers a weekly recap of the Futures market. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 15 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets.

Michael frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN Business, and Bloomberg TV. He is also a guest on First Business, which is a national and internationally syndicated business show.

Gold Futures

Gold futures in the December contract settled last Friday in New York at 1,297 an ounce while currently trading at 1,324 up about $27 for the week trading far above it's 20 and 100-day moving average. This trend continues to the upside on a weekly basis as prices have now hit a 10-month high. Tensions with North Korea escalated this week as they sent another missile over Japan which continues to support gold prices and I don't think that situation is going away anytime soon. If you are long a futures contract, continue to place the stop loss under the 10-day low which stands at 1,278 as the chart structure is poor because prices have run up rather quickly this week. The U.S. dollar has also hit a 2-year low which is supporting gold & the precious metals across the board with the next significant level of resistance at 1,350. If that level is broken, you would have to think that we could test the $1,400 level. Gold prices will depend on what North Korea and the United States conflict turns into as I don't see any other situation than the United States doing some military action against their nuclear facilities. This problem is getting worse not better as diplomatic negotiations have not worked for years so continue to play this to the upside.
TREND: HIGHER
CHART STRUCTURE: POOR
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