RE:RE:RE:Markets closed....Yes agreed the X factor is building for Au. While I can totally agree with SM on TA. But it can also be true that TA works ...until it doesn't. The forcing of lowering rates (when actually they should rise to save the dollar) along with how many counties have been buying gold hand over fist. Risks of WW3 along with general civil unrest and lack of trust in any goverments AND banks these days is simply going to over power those that have been manipulating the price of metals through naked contract shorts for a very long time. Gold may rise faster than we might believe possible due to these and many other factors outside the predictability of TA. The sheer fact that Au keeps hitting all time highs and there is virtually no media coverage of it to me shows "they" know it is taking off and may be beyond the normal controls. The days of "we buy gold and silver" stores popping up everywhere may come again!