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Silver Price Forecast – Silver sluggish ahead of central banks

By:
Christopher Lewis
Updated: Aug 2, 2018, 06:48 UTC

Silver markets were a bit sluggish during trading on Wednesday as we await central bank decisions out of both the United States and England. In the case of the United States, no changes expected, but people will be paying attention to the tone of the statement. In the case of England, a rate hike is expected, but we will be paying attention to the attitude of the statement.

Silver daily chart, August 02, 2018

The Silver markets pulled back during the trading session on Wednesday as we await announcements coming out of both London and Washington DC. I believe that the market will continue to be noisy over the next couple of days, as we hang about the $15.50 level. I think that the market has significant support all the way down to the $15 level, and I think that it’s only a matter time before the “smart money” gets involved. However, the next couple of trading sessions could be rather difficult to deal with. If we were to break down below the $15 level, the market could break down very significantly. I think longer-term value hunters continue to jump into this market, so don’t be surprised if we see a bit of a bounce.

The $15.65 level is short-term resistant, but I think once we break above there we probably go to the $16 level over the longer-term. I believe that the market is trying to find some type of value in these levels, but silver is an extraordinarily volatile future contract. Because of this, I would be more apt to trade the CFD markets, or perhaps buy silver in its physical form. Although I do think that silver will struggle a bit in the short run, I do anticipate that the buyers will eventually take over again.

SILVER Video 02.08.18

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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