All was calm in Far East trading on Friday morning. Both metals began to slip a little starting at 3:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon in Hong Kong. This lasted through London trading as well…and by the time the Comex opened, gold was down $10 and silver had slid about 23 cents. But once trading started in New York, both gold and silver rallied strongly…but it should be noted that gold ‘ran out of gas’ just before $940 once again. However, silver did better…adding a bit over 30 cents before it, too, ran into ‘resistance’…but managed to close almost on its high of the day.

There wasn’t big volume yesterday, so not too much should be read into this action…but it’s always noteworthy so see that parabolic rises in prices are never allowed to get too far out of hand before the usual ‘not for profit’ sellers show up.

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Gold didn’t do a lot in Far East trading on Tuesday. The low of the day occurred at the open in London…and for the next two hours, gold put on a spirited rally [$10+] that ended with the price going vertical about half an hour before the Comex open. However, as is always the case at moments like these, the usual not-for-profit sellers showed up and did their dirty until it was time for them to go for lunch at 12:00 noon in New York. Once ‘da boyz’ were at lunch, gold made a $7 run higher, which ended the second that floor trading was over on the Comex…and electronic trading began.

And by the time that gold trading was over for the day…most of that gain had been made to disappear…and gold finished down about a dollar from Monday’s close.

Gold price action on Monday looked similar to Friday’s. The bottom for gold in the Far East came shortly after 3:00 p.m. in Hong Kong…rose until shortly after London opened, declined a couple of bucks…but once the London a.m. gold fix was in [10:30 a.m. in London...5:30 a.m. in New York], gold rose to its high of the day shortly after 11:00 a.m. This high [once again over $940] lasted until 9:00 a.m. in New York, shortly after the Comex opened…then it got taken down eight bucks to its low of the day at 10:00 a.m. in New York…which just happens to be the London p.m. fix…3:00 p.m. over there.

From that point it rose right into the Comex close…and was taken down and closed below $940 once again in the electronic market.

Silver’s chart pattern was virtually identical to gold’s.

Gold’s low price for the day came early in Hong Kong trading on Thursday morning. From there, and in fits and starts, the gold price managed to work its way slowly higher later in the Hong Kong afternoon…and into morning trading in London. But the real fireworks didn’t get started until 8:00 a.m. Eastern time…shortly before the Comex opened for trading…and at 9:00 a.m. [sharp], gold was up $15 before the usual not-for-profit seller showed up. After that, every rally attempt got firmly sold off, so that by the end of electronic trading at 5:15 in New York yesterday…gold was only up about six bucks.

Silver’s moves were even more dramatic…and it was obvious that someone was there to make sure that its price was not allowed to go vertical…which it gave clear indications of doing a couple of times. The first time [along with gold] was 9:00 a.m. [sharp] in