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Dan Norcini

Dan Norcini

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

Biography

Dan Norcini is a professional off-the-floor commodities trader bringing more than 25 years experience in the markets to provide a trader's insight and commentary on the day's price action. His editorial contributions and supporting technical analysis charts cover a broad range of tradable entities including the precious metals and foreign exchange markets as well as the broader commodity world including the grain and livestock markets. He is a frequent contributor to both Reuters and Dow Jones as a market analyst for the livestock sector and can be on occasion be found as a source in the Wall Street Journal's commodities section. Trader Dan has also been a regular contributor in the past at Jim Sinclair's JS Mineset and King News World as well as may other Precious Metals oriented websites.

  • Currency Markets Anticipating a Rate Hike Next Week

    Published 09 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

    Watching the price action in the currency markets it is becoming clearer to me that the Forex crowd has now moved beyond any expected rate…

  • Gold - Weekly Reversal: This is IT!

    Published 05 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

    In watching the short squeeze taking place in the gold market this AM, I am noticing that the push higher is creating a WEEKLY UPSIDE…

  • Gold Capitulation?

    Published 03 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

    The technical charts on gold are suggesting the start of a fresh leg lower in price. The loss of chart support near the $1075-$1070 level,…

  • Silver COT Update and More

    Published 24 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

    Silver cracked the $14 level in today's session but managed to recover prior to the close. Some of the recovery was aided by the retreat…

  • Gold Stocks Buckle

    Published 18 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

    There is absolutely nothing good that can be said about the mining stocks at this point. Then again, there has been little good to say…

  • Gold Hovering Above Support

    Published 17 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

    Originally published November 16, 2015, 10:48 pm. Just as the Euro is hanging by a thread above its chart support zone, so too is gold…

  • Day Follows Night: Gold Follows US Bonds

    Published 04 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

    For the same reason as the Euro was sharply lower today, so was gold, namely, a hawkish Yellen testimony in which see used the words,…

  • Sea Change in the Fed Swamps Gold

    Published 28 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

    WOW! I know no other way of saying it than to say that the Fed took everyone by surprise. I certainly did not expect this…

  • Bye, Bye Euro

    Published 22 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

    So how does it fell Mr. Euro to get smacked upside the head by your supposed caretaker? Mario Draghi must be taking lessons from the…

  • Gold Holdings in GLD Continue to Climb

    Published 16 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

    A quick update on GLD for the readers and by request... GLD reported another nice build in reported gold holdings today - about 5 tons.…

  • New Hedge Fund Buying Enters Crude Oil Market

    Published 11 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

    First, let's start with an updated chart of the WTI Crude oil. Larger Image Crude has been in a range for most of the month…

  • A Rally in Gold: The Bottom is In?

    Published 21 September 2015 | viewed 0 times

    As mentioned in an earlier post this morning, the TRIPLE THREE safe havens, the Yen, Bonds and Gold, are all getting a boost in today's…

  • Gold Short Term Bottom?

    Published 13 September 2015 | viewed 0 times

    Maybe - based on today's price action in both the metal and in the mining shares (HUI) but only short term. The shares were actually…

  • Tracking Investor Sentiment with Credit Spreads

    Published 06 September 2015 | viewed 0 times

    Long time readers of this site are aware that successful traders/investors learn how to read market sentiment. Positioning yourself on the correct side of a…

  • Gold Rally Marked by Short Covering

    Published 30 August 2015 | viewed 0 times

    If there was ever any doubt that the majority of buying by the hedge fund category in the gold market over the past 3-4 weeks…

  • Chinese Medicine Not Impressing Dr Copper

    Published 27 August 2015 | viewed 0 times

    Dr. Copper apparently does not approve of the prescription ordered by the Chinese authorities to stem the slowdown in that nation, namely another 25 basis…

  • Energy Markets and Jobs Disintegrating

    Published 19 August 2015 | viewed 0 times

    The US Energy Information Administration released their weekly data this morning as usual. The reaction to the data from crude oil was anything but the…

  • Gold, No Interest!

    Published 18 August 2015 | viewed 0 times

    Stronger than expected US retail sales data undercut some of the recent safe haven trades (buying bonds, the yen and gold) sending all three lower…

  • Gold at a Crossroads

    Published 13 August 2015 | viewed 0 times

    Gold has had a nice run off the Chinese yuan devaluation news with short covering the dominant reason behind the buying. Markets that have a…

  • Commodity Slump Signals Slow Growth Outlook

    Published 02 August 2015 | viewed 0 times

    In my opinion, the surest method for ascertaining what the sentiment is towards overall global economic growth prospects is the commodity sector performance. When sentiment…