Opportunistic Stalking

While I am on the road this week, at an undisclosed location(s), it is worth checking in to update the increasingly bullish price action in the gold miners and indeed precious metals complex with GDX breaking about well-defined trend resistance.

As many of you know, we have been opportunistically playing the long side (mostly) of the gold miners and precious metals inside 12631 dating back to the late-spring of 2013, where I repeatedly analyzed in my Weekly Strategy Session the likelihood that downside was limited in the space after a vicious bear market.

While the complex remained (and still may be) hated by many equity-driven traders/investors, the 12631 Trading Service pounced on many quick, profitable trades. The reason for this is because we kept an open mind and did not become dogmatic in any ephemeral belief that all gold miners were immediately going to zero, across the board.

Of course, we had some losers, and some quick winning trades on the short side. But the winners out-shined the losers as we stayed true to our core 12631 philosophy of mitigating downside risk in the face of inevitable losses. Just this Monday, for example, I was shaken out of my long gold miner and gold positions for a loss.

However, I am eagerly stalking a reentry and will have no qualms about getting back in at higher prices–What natters most is making sure the consistent winners outweigh the frequent small losers.