The key confirmation breakout level is resistance near $18.75. This level was decisively broken in the fast silver rally in 2016 July. The level then acted as a support feature in 2016 August until October. The level has been tested as a resistance feature in 2016 November, and again in 2017 March. The current rally is a new test of the resistance level but this rally has an increased probability of developing into a strong breakout above $18.75 as shown by the GMMA relationships.
Silver has the first resistance level near $18.75 and then a second resistance level at $21.00. The $18.75 level is the equivalent to the $1290 resistance level on the gold chart. A breakout at this $18.72 level has a target near $21.00. This trade offers a 12% return compared with a 5 % return from gold for the same price behavior move.
Silver is slower to move than gold but it has more room to move and this delivers better profits. Note the silver price is shown in cents.
The developing separation in the long term GMMA confirms a high probability continuation of the rally uptrend. The same confirmation features are seen on the gold chart. Aggressive traders use the ANTSSYS method to trade the rally breakout above $18.75. Cautious traders and investors wait for rebound proof with a move above $18.75 before joining the rally for a move towards $21.00.
The similarity in the patterns on the gold and silver charts means the silver price follows the behaviour of the gold price. The best trade is to watch gold and execute the trade on the same price move in silver.
Daryl Guppy is a trader and author of Trend Trading, The 36 Strategies of the Chinese for Financial Traders, which can be found at www.guppytraders.com. He is a regular guest on CNBC Asia Squawk Box. He is a speaker at trading conferences in China, Asia, Australia and Europe. He is a special consultant to AxiCorp.
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