The gold spot price has tested the all-time high London gold p.m. fixing of 2011 (US$ 1'895)(attachment 2). Technically this is a very important limit and most likely the gold price will consolidate but will try again to go over this technical target. The all-time high intraday was 1'917.90 per ounce in 2011.
Many so called gold Gurus always talk about US$ 2'000 per ounce as a resistance, but this is only a psychological barrier. Technically this round figure is meaningless.
Although spot gold was up yesterday, gold stocks were down 1.9%. GDX (VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF), the largest gold mining shares ETF, had a reversal yesterday, which usually signals it has reached a short-term top.
Generally speaking gold remains in an uptrend. It might pause for a while but the chances are excellent for higher gold prices in the weeks to come.
The silver spot 30-minutes chart (attachment 4) shows silver reached a high of US$ 23.24 per ounce this week. But more important, it was able to break on the upside a 5-year consolidation pattern with a strong resistance point of US$ 21 per ounce. That level will now become the support level (attachment 5).