B U L L I O N P R E D I C T I O N

An Techni cal approach t o t radi ng bul l i on market s

DEC 2013
BULLION DASHBOARD
MAHEK SHAH
@MAHEKMSHAH






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Table of Contents

Bullion Market Overview i
Bullion Market i
Gold i
Why is Gold the Global currency once again? i
Why a Technical Bullion Solution? ii
Importance of Technical Analysis ii
Necessity or Experiment? ii
Input & Output iii
List of Data Inputs Required: iii
Filtered Data iii
Output data: iii
Technical Charts 5
Short term 5
Long term 5
Formulas Used 6
Moving Averages 6
Exponential Moving Averages 6
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Bollinger Bands 6
Crossovers 6
Trend Line & Channels 6
Candlestick patterns 6
Sample Indicators Page 7
Summary of Indicators 7
Indicators ? 7
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Bullion Market Overview
Bullion Market
Gold market is a multi billion dollar market with more than 40 billion dollars worth of gold being traded every day.
From east to west, every country in the world considers it as a safe haven, and a prospective hedge against any un-
certainty.
Gold
World gold reserves have been depleting every year with increased production and consumption. The rate with
which new gold reserves are being found is no match to the rate at which the older ones are being emptied out. Soon-
er or later, we will see a huge imbalance of demand-supply looming in front of us in the bullion market.
Before we proceed any further, lets look at some correlations which govern the gold market:
Gold is directly proportional to uncertainty.
Gold is inversely proportional to US Dollar.
Gold is directly proportional to Oil & other essential commodities.
Gold is inversely proportional to Equities & interest rates.
Gold is directly proportional to all currencies other than US dollar. (well almost)
Why is Gold the Global currency once again?
What do technology and gold have in common? They are both means of trade. I also believe that both are capable of
spawning revolutions. You see, gold, like technology, is based on a standard: it's a standard for the monetary base.
That's becoming more evident today as we see gold head to new highs, as I wrote would happen here.
As the world at monetary system collapses (we're witnessing this before our very eyes), that will spawn a move to
more open monetary systems.
Think of the days back during mainframes and proprietary mini-computer standards. The world was ruled by tech-
nology efdoms and proprietary systems produced by powerhouses such as IBM in Wang Labs. The mini-computer
was replaced by the industry-standard PC. Wang led for bankruptcy. In the 1980s, and later, in the 1990s, the move
to open systems accelerated as chips, networking standards, and communications opened up and could become in-
terchangeable, spawning the creating of a massive ecosystem of suppliers. There were suddenly thousands of tech-
nology producers, rather than a handful. Technology activity throughout the world exploded. That's the power of
open standards.
Now think of our governmental monetary systems: They are efdoms, locked down by parochial political needs,
somewhat like minicomputers. Sometimes the monetary systems are furtive or fake (see Greece), other times, over-
leveraged (America). Often, people are afraid to trade with one another, because the at currencies are volatile, or
hard-to-value.
Gold may seem a "barbaric relic", but it was effective during the age of the gold standard because people always
knew what it was. It was an open standard. They could always trade in some dollars for gold, because there was a
xed gold exchange rate. Since the elimination of the gold standard, the nancial world has become inherently more
unstable because of this lack of transparency.
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Why a Technical Bullion Solution?
Importance of Technical Analysis
The current world markets are experiencing massive volatility. The uncertainty pertaining to price uctuations has
prompted many investment bankers and hedgers to look into more avenues to safe guard there investments.
Tools based on technical analysis in Risk analytics of investment, which were once considered as fancied tools, are
being rened and used extensively in the current markets. More than 90% of volume in Oil market comes from the
algorithmic trading tools, employed by smart fund managers of hedge funds. These algorithmic tools are simply
trading on historical data and new money ow which comes into the market.
These tools not only help them in taking quick decisions, but also provide them with customized alerts, to be always
alert in the extremely competitive markets. Any trader who rejects the importance of technical analysis tools without
prior experimentation will eventually be cleaned out of the market.
Fundamental analysis always helps, but smart traders don't just stop there, they move to the next level. If some im-
portant news is expected in the market, one should be able to hedge his position with speed and accuracy.
Fundamental analysis of results, supply-demand, decide the market direction and technical analysis of this move
decides the price targets.

Necessity or Experiment?
In todays world, it is more of a necessity rather than an investment experiment, like it was considered in the past.
People today are using technical analysis extensively and one has to understand that with increasing number of mar-
kets, technical analysis champions in providing a common understanding and learning tool for the markets.
And the current markets are slaves of democracy, the majority of market thinkers are now technical traders with fun-
damental views, hence the markets will tend to follow the majority rather than what was earlier conceived to be
right.
The volume traded in gold and oil markets by algorithmic tools, is itself a reection of why one needs to upgrade
himself to current industry standards.
~~~
A visitor to Neil Bohrs cottage once noticed a horse shoe nailed over the door.
Surely you dont expect that a horseshoe will bring good luck ? asked the visitor.
No, I dont,,Bohr said. But they say it works even if you dont believe in it.
~~~
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Input & Output
List of Data Inputs Required:
Data feeds are of two types:
1.Raw Data
2. Filtered Data

1. Raw data: If one obtains raw data(tick data), necessary ltering of data is required to obtain standard technical
charting data.
2. Filtered data: Data obtained from standard tools, which refresh every given time interval. This eliminates the labo-
rious process of ltering raw data to suit our needs.

Filtered Data
The ltered data for any time period essentially comprises of :
a. Open Price of Market
b. Close price of Market
c. Highest Price of Market
d. Lowest Price of Market
e. Volume traded in the market
f. Open interest in Market(daily basis)

Output data:
The output data to be calculated from these ltered data is:
a. Moving Averages (simple) (5,9,14,21,50,100,150,200 being standard moving averages time period)
b. Moving Averages (Exponential) (5,9,14,21,50,100,150,200 being standard moving averages time period)
c. Fibonacci Retracements
d. Volume in each time interval
e. Supports & Resistances based on the MAs and EMAs obtained.
f. Supports & Resistances obtained from Fibonacci calculations.
g. Volume Vs Price Change indicators. (Volume is the fuel of market)
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h. Fibonacci Projections for both bearish and bullish moves.
i. EMA & MA ribbons
j. EMA & MA cross over indicators.
k. Parabolic SAR, especially for get out of market.
l. Bollinger Bands, dening the standard variance in prices and how one can use them to make better trading & in-
vestment decisions.
m.Wick data
n. Market Maturity Index (volume based)
o. RSI
p. MACD
q. Gann fans (time lines) advanced

Note: Any indicator will not give a complete buy-sell signal. Only a set of indicators can strengthen your decision.
Technical indicators are a reection of past data and can be used to interpret the coming trend.
Standard Candle patterns that be recognized:
a. Three black crows or Three White soldiers
b. Reversal candles (4-5 standard types)
c. Bear/Bull Candles

Standard Classic Patterns which can be recognized:
a. Head and Shoulders
b. Bull Flag Consolidation
c. Market trend
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Technical Charts
Short term
Short term charts:
a. Moving averages
b. Volume
c. Bollinger bands
d. Crossovers
e. Tick data



Long term
Long term charts:
a. Trend lines
b. Channels
c. Supports & Resistances (bonacci)
d. Swing levels







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Formulas Used
Moving Averages
Simple moving averages for various time periods.
Exponential Moving Averages
for various time periods.
Bollinger Bands
Using standard deviation for various time periods.
Crossovers
Noting & alerting the clash of MAs & EMAs for various time periods.
Trend Line & Channels
Automatic Trend line supports and values for various time periods.
Candlestick patterns
for various time periods.














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Sample Indicators Page
Summary of Indicators
Indicators ?
While one has to become familiar with charting tools to understand what the indicators are indicating, a textual in-
ference of the indicators becomes much easier to understand.
** Current price (adjusted spot)
Technical Indicator Suggesting Supports Resistances
Basic Indicators
Volume Low, shows weakness in the commodity compared to
the avg. equity volumes
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Momentum Directional but weak - -
Money Flow Index Dipping recently, signs of losing sheen in the market - -
MACD Has turned down sharply from a very long stable
phase, showing signs of temporary market direction
- -
SSTO (Slow Stochastic) Has turned down, following MACD pattern
religiously
- -
Bollinger Width Should increase drastically, the recent candle stick has
opened below the bollinger band suggesting massive
change in trend
-2500 +1000
Classic Indicators
Bollinger Bands Tight, but will spread rapidly due to recent events - 30400,
31080
Fibonacci Retracements
(Long term)
Market has scaled lower and is at 76.4% retracement
levels of short term(3 months) range,
29497
28080
(76.4%)
30644
Chart Pattern
Candle Stick (Daily Cart) Opens with a massive gap, next few weeks (dec+jan
mid) should stay in this range, then continue south
29340 30480
Bear/Downward Trend Observed on long term chart, could go back to April
2013 lows
25600 30820
Supports - Resistances
Long
term
Fibonacci
Projections 26340 27820 28080 29300*
Medium
Term
Fibonacci
Projections 30380 30600 29280 28480
Support Resistance
22078 23495 25788 28080 29497 30200** 31790
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