Tuesday 21 July 2015

Fundamental Trade Notes: Short Silver

Morning,


Here are my notes for reasons why I am currently short silver:


1. China Growth Concern:

- Caused a drop across the commodity markets over the past month, of which a drop in silver has lagged behind the fall in the other major trading commodities.

- The drop and continued uncertainty in the Shanghai Composite Index is likely to continue to weigh down upon the Chinese economic outlook over the coming months.



2. Dollar Strength:

- Moves in the FOREX markets in combination with the poor Eurozone outlook and Asian quantitative easing program have created a dollar strong environment, which will help to pull all commodities downwards in price.



3. Gold Correlation:

- While silver does have more industrial uses than gold, it generally correlates with the gold price movement (as a fiat currency hedge - buying gold is going long market fear), which has been steeply downwards over the last couple of days. Silver needs to make a significant move downwards in order for this correlation to remain consistent.


Enjoy,

The Masked Stock Trader

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