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Alpha Trend Analysis of Gold Futures

Erich K. Soltes
Sep 13, 2005

This report will examine Gold Futures on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. A technical analysis for each chart will be presented with explanation on where the security is currently and what needs to occur to maintain the current position. Additionally, long term and short term support and resistance price will be provided.

First a little background information on the Alpha Trend Analysis system. This system has been in development for almost 15 years. The Alpha Trend is the primary trend line that I created. It is an adaptive moving average using trigonometric functions. It is from this primary trend line from which all other formulas are derived. There are six moving average trend lines that are used to analyze a security. The short term indicators are upper and lower bands; these are 2 days in length. The mid term indicator is the Alpha Trend, indicated by the bold red line, which is several weeks in length. Lastly are, the one year moving average which is red colored, the five year moving average which is bright green colored and the ten year moving average which is black colored, of the Alpha Trend. In addition to the moving averages there are six wave bands.

These wave bands are called Alpha Trend Wave bands they are Fibonacci advance and retracement of the Alpha Trend.  The chart contains two windows. The top window indicates whether the current position is long, short or neutral. A long position is indicated by one (1), a short position is indicated by a negative one (-1) and a neutral position is indicated by a zero (0). The bottom window contains the securities information along with the six moving averages. At the very bottom of the chart the primary trend of either bullish or bearish is indicated.

Above is the Daily chart for Gold Futures.

The current position for gold is long with a current sell price of 450.31. The current trend of Gold is bullish with the Alpha Trend trending up. Friday's closing price is 1.8719 percent above the Alpha Trend Support price of 441.7312. The one year moving average of the Alpha Trend is trending up. Friday's closing price is 4.9046 percent above the one year moving average of the Alpha Trend support price of 428.9613. For the last few days Gold has been approaching the upper band of the 1st Alpha Trend Wave resistance price of $452.12. The 1st Alpha Trend Wave is rolling over if Gold can not break through this resistance price we should see a pullback to the Alpha Trend support price of 441.7312.

Above is the Weekly chart for Gold Futures.

The current position for Gold is long and the current trend for Gold is bullish. The Alpha Trend is trending up with Friday's closing price 4.6451 percent the Alpha Trend Support price of 430.0247. The one year moving average of the Alpha Trend is trending up with Friday's closing price 6.6401 percent above the one year moving average of the Alpha Trend support price of 421.9800. On the weekly chart Gold is approaching the 1st Alpha Trend Wave resistance price of 452.225. Just as on the daily chart Gold should be topping out at this resistance price and Gold should pullback to the Alpha Trend support price 430.02. On the weekly chart gold has held above the one year moving average of the Alpha Trend since mid - August of 2001. This trend line is a major support line currently at 421.98. If Gold is topping out and the Alpha Trend doesn't hold Gold should hold above 421.98 support price.

Above is the Monthly chart for Gold Futures.

The current position is long and the current trend is bullish. The Alpha Trend is trending up with Friday's closing price 8.4361 percent above the Alpha Trend Support price of 414.9908. The one year moving average of the Alpha Trend is trending up with Friday's closing price, 13.1797 percent above the support price of the one year moving average of the Alpha Trend of 397.5978. Gold has held above the Alpha Trend since December 31, 2001 this trend line is a major support line currently at 414.99.
 
In conclusion, Gold has been in a major bull market since the end of 2001. For those who watch Gold on a daily basis it has been a madding slow bull market, however this does imply that this market has much far to go. When the Gold market is viewed on a weekly and monthly chart the bull market is apparent and the support prices have held for years. Gold does appear to be topping in the short term, the first support price is 441.73 after that next support price range is 421.98 - 430.02 this price range is from both the daily and weekly charts.
 
Erich K. Soltes

email: erich@alphatrendanalysis.com
Alpha Trend Analysis

About Erich Soltes

A graduate of Brookfield High School in Brookfield CT and an Eagle Scout, Erich went on to graduate from SUNY Maritime College in New York City in 1988, with a BS in Marine Transportation and a minor in Economics. For the next ten years he was a Navel Reserve officer and a Merchant Marine officer. In 1998 he went to work on Wall Street obtaining his series 7, 63 and 65 licenses. He worked both as a stockbroker and a financial planner helping clients obtain their financial goals. In 2004 he was able to finally reach his goal of developing a mathematical trading model that could beat the "buy and hold" method of investing. In mid 2005 the Alpha Trend Analysis website was created.

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