Gold

“Ambition drives you on, Ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things” *
 Fergus Henderson

For the first time since May, 2018 the dollar index has traded and closed above 98. However, during the last occurrence, the U.S. dollar had been in a free fall which began in December 2016, when the index peaked at 103.72, and 98.00 was just another brick in the wall of U.S. treasury supremacy. This major correction would result in the dollar losing over 15.5% of its value.

Gold traders returning from an extended three-day holiday weekend were met with strong selling pressure and lower pricing in gold, silver and platinum. As of 2:00 PM EDT gold futures, basis the most June 2019 contract is currently trading down by $5.90, and fixed at $1277.70.

Gold’s respectable gains on Thursday took a week that was headed for a lower close, to closing fractionally higher for the week. Gold traded to a low of $1269, which is two dollars above the double bottom which occurred in April. It also traded to a high at exactly $1287 which is a Fibonacci retracement of .38%.