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Silver Price forecast for the week of August 7, 2017, Technical Analysis

By:
Christopher Lewis
Updated: Aug 5, 2017, 05:35 UTC

Silver markets initially tried to rally this week, but found the $17 level to be a bit too resistive. We turned around and broke through the $16.50 level

Silver weekly chart, August 07, 2017

Silver markets initially tried to rally this week, but found the $17 level to be a bit too resistive. We turned around and broke through the $16.50 level on Friday, as the jobs number came out stronger than anticipated. As the market continues to grind lower, there are a couple of places it should offer a bit of support. The $16 level underneath should continue to be supportive, and if we can break down below there, the market could go as low as $15. I recognize that the Silver markets are going to struggle with a stronger than expected jobs number coming out on Friday as it brings the value of the US dollar to the upside.

Volatility

I believe that the volatility should continue to go higher, and therefore we should see a lot of erratic behavior. However, for me it looks as a silver is going to roll over a bit and I think that the next couple of dollars will probably be to the downside. Rallies are to be sold unless of course we break above the $17 level, which would change everything. If we rally above the $17 level, the market should continue to go towards the $18 level but quite frankly we would need to see the US dollar lose value for the Silver markets to continue climbing. At this point, that doesn’t look very likely so I am more bearish than bullish. Short-term trading is probably going to be easier that longer-term trading though.

SILVER Video 07.8.17

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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