ForecastGold holds the 3,300 shelf as real yields drift lower
The metal keeps finding buyers at the shelf. While 3,300 holds on a closing basis, the path of least resistance stays up.
Read the analysisPlatform 1 · The Forecast Board
Three departures daily.
Ten markets.
Concrete, chart-based forecasts for ten markets, each rewritten two to three times per trading day. Classical chart technique read against COT positioning, charted on TradingView. Levels, direction, and the time of the next read.
Departures · Forecast Board
Kagels Trading · Ten markets · Rewritten to the minute
Click any row for the one-line read
Alle Angaben ohne Gewähr · No guarantee for accuracy
| Market | Last | Change | Updated | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 3,352.40 | +0.4% | 38 min ago | On time |
| S&P 500 | 6,289.5 | +0.2% | 42 min ago | On time |
| Nasdaq 100 | 22,914 | +0.3% | 42 min ago | On time |
| Dow Jones | 44,462 | -0.1% | 55 min ago | On time |
| Silver | 38.20 | +0.7% | 38 min ago | On time |
| Crude Oil (WTI) | 67.40 | -0.6% | 1 h ago | On time |
| EUR/USD | 1.1685 | +0.2% | 25 min ago | On time |
| Nikkei 225 | 39,420 | +0.5% | 3 h ago | On time |
| US Dollar Index | 103.9 | -0.2% | 25 min ago | On time |
| SpaceX (pre-IPO) | 212.00 | quarterly mark | this week | On time |
Platform 3 · The Stationmaster
Forty years at the charts.
Karsten Kagels has been trading since 1986 and reading charts for forty years. Through kagels-trading.de he has served German-speaking traders as a market authority since 2015, and this desk brings the same forecasts to English readers.
The method has not changed in four decades: classical chart technique, confirmed against the CFTC's Commitment of Traders report, drawn on TradingView charts. No black boxes, no signals from nowhere.
Method: Chart technique + COT positioning · Charted on TradingView
40 yearsAt the charts
Since 1986Trading the markets
Since 2015Authority at kagels-trading.de
Charts + COTOne method, four decades
Platform 4 · Notices
Latest from the desk.
Fresh analysis is posted through the trading day. The newest notices are pinned to the board.
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Compression under 1.17 continues. The minutes decide whether the range resolves higher or gets another week of grind.
Read the analysisWhat the latest COT report says about crude positioning
Managed money keeps trimming length. Historically that precedes the range breaking, not holding.
Read the analysisPlatform 5 · Ticket Office
The Morning Forecast, issued daily.
One email every trading morning, before the US open: the state of the board, the levels that matter, and where the next read will focus. Free, and you can step off any time.