Furthermore, this consolidation period has created a bullish technical pattern called a flag.

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The Global X Silver Miners ( SIL) has held up much better than either GLD or SLV, which is a bullish sign as the recent period of consolidation shows a flag formation, lines c and d.

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By the time the bear flag was completed in May, many of the February bears had turned bullish on the market.

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