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Silver grinds sideways during quiet Friday session

By:
Christopher Lewis
Updated: May 19, 2018, 07:20 UTC

Silver markets did very little during the Friday session, bouncing around between the $16.25 level on the bottom, and the $16.50 level on the top. The market looks very likely to continue to show a lot of back-and-forth, but in the end I think it’s likely that looking at the longer-term charts will be the way to go.

Silver daily chart, May 21, 2018

Silver markets when sideways overall during the day on Friday, as we continue to see a bit of sideways action, and of course a lot of confusion. The interest rates in the United States continue to put a bit of bearish pressure on precious metals, and of course I think that the market will be paying attention to the treasury markets going forward, as interest rates rising has put a lot of selling pressure in both Silver and gold. I think that the market should pay attention to the weekly chart though, as we are at a major crossroads, or at least getting ready to cross a major inflection point. We have a major symmetrical triangle, and ultimately that will drive where we go next. If we break down below the $16 level, the market would go much lower, to the $15.50 level, and perhaps even lower than that. Ultimately, if we break above the $16.80 level, silver should go much higher as it would show a major move to the upside.

I think there’s a lot of volatility to say the least, so it’s likely that the marketplace will need to be approached with caution, and I would use small positions initially before adding on a move to the upside. If the market stays within this general vicinity, then you need to be playing a range bound market trading system, perhaps something with the stochastic oscillator.

SILVER Video 21.05.18

About the Author

Being FXEmpire’s analyst since the early days of the website, Chris has over 20 years of experience across various markets and assets – currencies, indices, and commodities. He is a proprietary trader as well trading institutional accounts.

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