Kimble Charting Solutions: Are Gold Miners Breaking Out?

July 9, 2019 Bob Weir Industry, Kimble Charts, Mining - Precious Metals, Technical Pundits

Kimble provides the following chart of the Gold Miner ETF, GDX.

GDX tried to break out three times in 2016-2017 and then retreated to reach a low in Q3/2018. It then rebounded and is back retesting those former highs at the resistance line. A break-out above resistance  would be very positive.

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