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Gold and Silver updates Clive Maund 4 April, 2005 Gold Dollar consolidation set in last week at about the expected level, around 84 on the index. It got a bit higher, rising towards 84.80 early in the week, and dropped back intraday towards the end of the week, testing support back towards the 50-day moving average. Although it is expected to break higher again, it is not expected to get very far - not beyond the 85 - 85.50 area, where there is heavy resistance. This resistance arises from the trough that developed above this level early last year, and the falling 200-day moving average, both of which are expected to constrain further advance. Should the dollar stage this limited advance, gold can be expected to back off towards its long-term trendline currently at about $420, and it MAY break down below this trendline. However, allowing a 3% margin for a trendline adjustment, and, given the fact that there is important support at the $400 level, we can afford to allow for the possibility that an adjusted trendline remains valid, as long as the price doesn't break below $400 on a closing basis. Over the medium and long-term, the larger dollar downtrend is expected to reassert itself, and given that the oversold condition that existed last December has changed to an overbought condition, the downside potential is once again very considerable, which is clearly good news for gold. Should the larger dollar downtrend reassert itself, it can be expected to result in new lows - and new highs for gold. Note that it is also permissible for the dollar to push up out of its long-term downtrend line by a margin of up to 3% without invalidating it. Conclusion: short-term dollar strength to the 85 - 85.50 area expected to be followed by renewed and substantial decline, resulting in limited short-term weakness in gold, that will be followed by it rising to new highs. Given the recent weakness in gold, it should come as no surprise that the March-May period is traditionally a time of weakness for gold. Silver Silver rallied as expected last week from an oversold position, having first dropped back to the $6.85 area, but turned sharply lower on Friday. With a limited dollar rally to the 85 - 85.50 area now in prospect, it is likely to dip back to the $6.60 - $6.80 area over the short-term. As with gold, however, a break of the uptrend line going back nearly a year, will not be viewed as serious - especially because this is believed to be a heavily manipulated market, vulnerable to engineered shakeouts. Over the longer-term, the dollar is expected to stall beneath the heavy resistance in the 85 - 86 area and its larger downtrend reassert itself, taking it to new lows, as detailed in the Gold Market update above. This development should see silver break out upside from the huge symmetrical triangle that has formed over the past year, and which is clearly visible on the accompanying 3-year chart. Clive Maund email: support@clivemaund.com website: www.clivemaund.com Clive Maund is an English technical analyst, holding a diploma from the Society of Technical Analysts, Cambridge, England. He lives in Chile. Visit his subscription website at clivemaund.com. [You can subscribe here]. No responsibility can be accepted for losses that may result as a consequence of trading on the basis of this analysis. Copyright ©2003-2011 CliveMaund. All Rights Reserved. Charts courtesy of StockCharts.com. 321gold Inc