Special SKI Report #224
Gold Stock Bull Update

Jeffrey M. Kern, Ph.D.
Email: jeff@skigoldstocks.com
USERX | historicals
Written Sunday Aug 18, 2019
Published Aug 19, 2019

Current USERX price = 9.11, Up another 19 cents (2.1%) since the last report 3 weeks ago.

Introduction (repeated from prior Reports):

The SKI indices contain short-term (16-20 trading days), intermediate-term (35-39 trading days), and long-term (92-96 trading days) indices. A more comprehensive description of these mathematical indices and their history is found here. Basically, the indices compare today's price to prices from a specified prior time period. The name of the index specifies the time period (e.g., 92-96 index = compare today's price to prices from 96, 95, 94, 93, and 92 trading days earlier). Although I use the oldest gold mutual fund, USERX, for analyses, the predictions are applicable to the broad precious metals' market. I do not recommend or analyze specific stocks, but my subscribers from around the world regularly discuss individual issues on our Forum. In addition to the truly unique SKI indices, I also use "run patterns" to guesstimate turning points in the precious metals' market. A "run" refers to a pattern of daily up and down market closing prices. If the market has 3 consecutive days of higher closing prices, the run is "3 up". If prices then decline for 2 consecutive days, the run becomes "3 up and 2 down". If prices then close higher the next day, the run changes to "2 down and 1 up". Some people have referred to run patterns as "worms". A run pattern is only completed after the direction of closing prices has changed. I have compiled a listing of every run pattern that has ever occurred and generated probabilities that the end of the run marks a high or a low, moderated by the indices themselves.

New Material

The gold stocks fulfilled the SKI definition of a bull market in mid-June, as reported on 321gold.com. Each SKI Report since then has involved a new higher price for the broad-based gold stock mutual, USERX, and new multi-year highs for the North American, Canadian, and (especially) Australian gold stock measures. The prior bull market for the SKI indices was in January 2016.

The 2019 bull market remains intact and should continue to be intact for “many” months. But, as almost analyst would write/advise, the last SKI Report (written on Sunday, July 28, 2019) was discussing “when” not “if” the first corrective decline would occur. I am quoting that Report’s conclusions because they remain valid and need to be reread:

“A corrective decline is possible at almost any time now. That is NOT a prediction for this coming week… And buy more on a corrective decline to a 16-20 index buy signal (as USERX, and probably the HUI, decline to below the prices from 16-20 trading days earlier)… Sooner or later, that will happen (it always has, it “has to” happen)... A longer corrective decline could even stretch out to yield a 35-39 index signal (on a decline to below the prices from 35-39 trading days earlier)… Therefore, I am primarily looking to buy more when the decline occurs and will “suffer” with larger paper-profits if such a decline occurs from a higher price level.”

After the last SKI Report, the gold stocks continued to rise for 2 trading days, but then plunged 4+% on the U.S. Federal Reserve’s announcement day (7/31/19; down to USERX 8.69). That proved to be an excellent place to buy some, but the 1-day decline didn’t come close to generating a 16-20 index buy signal. The gold stocks then rose into a USERX high of 9.62 on 8/08/19.

It’s only been 6 trading days since that USERX 9.62 high and only a few days since Cash Gold rose to reach its long-term horizontal resistance at $1525-$1550, but the 5% USERX (and HUI) decline IS now APPROACHING the supportive 16-20 index. A further multi-day decline would be needed to generate a 16-20 index buy signal for execution the following trading day. During the January-August 2016 bull market, the two 16-20 index buy signals executed at exact lows that were simply followed by renewed impulsive rises. Again, that does not always occur because corrections can extend out in time to allow the 35-39 index’s back prices to rise, yielding a decline to that index’s corrective low (likely weeks later). BUT, if one can handle sitting through some possible paper loss out/down to the 35-39 index, buying on 16-20 index buy signals during bull markets has always yielded a rise back to or above the index’s buy-in price. And then much larger gains over time…

Best Wishes, Jeff

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Jeffrey M. Kern,Ph.D., is an academic psychologist with a specialty in the measurement and prediction of human behavior. The communications provided are for informational purposes only and are not intended to be investment advice or recommendations for specific investment decisions. Dr. Kern is not a registered investment advisor, but is registered as a commodity trading advisor (CTA). The information provided is considered accurate, but cannot be guaranteed. Investments/trading in narrow market segments or gold futures is for individuals willing to accept a higher level of risk for the opportunity of greater returns. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. His website is www.skigoldstocks.com.

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