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Gold Miners ETF Bounces off Major Support Level

Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill

Chief Technical Strategist, TrendInvestorPro.com

After getting slammed with a 10+ percent decline in May, the Gold Miners ETF (GDX) hit support and bounced over the last few days. As the chart below shows, this is no ordinary support level for GDX. Support in the 53 area stems from broken resistance and at least two reaction lows (October-January). There is also a reaction low around 55 in mid March. The ETF is finding some buying interest at support with a bounce the last few days. The black box highlights the last seven daily candlesticks. The first two are **spinning tops**, which affirm support. There was a mini-breakout with the move above the spinning top highs. Failure to hold last week's low would be put the big support zone in jeopardy again. The second chart shows the **Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ)** testing support from reaction lows extending back to mid November.

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Arthur Hill
About the author: , CMT, is the Chief Technical Strategist at TrendInvestorPro.com. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed market technician. Arthur has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities Magazine. In addition to his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, he holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London. Learn More