The key for the technical trader is noticing that JASO has been coiling up for a solid year now, with the range of prices contracting.

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While I am a technical trader by nature, I am leaving the technicals off the table for today as there could be a freight train coming down the tracks.

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However, the still-weak near-term technical posture of gold and silver is limiting trader and investor buying interest in both.

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