7149122, 10:16 PM "Now begins the strangest seasonal advance in precious metals! | Kitco News Now begins the strongest seasonal advance in precious metals! Kitco Commentaries | Opinions, Ideas and Markets Talk Featuring views and opinions written by market professionals, not staff journalists. You are probably already getting into the holiday spirit, pethaps you are even under a little stress. But the turn of the year will soon be here — an occasion to review the past year and make plans for the new one. Many people are doing just that — and their behavior is creating the strongest seasonal pattern in the precious metals market! Silver is seasonally cheap in mid December First I will show you the seasonal chart of silver. The chart shows the average moves in silver prices in the course of a calendar year over the past 69 years. The horizontal axis shows the time of the year, the vertical axis depicts price information. With the help of this chart, seasonal trends can be identified at a glance. Note: the seasonal pattern does not end at the turn of the year, but actually continues at the beginning of the year (i.e., on the left hand side of the chart), Silver price, seasonal pattern over the past 69 years «Siler Spot $/0z - Seasonal (Chart tased on the last 69 yeas (31/01/1950 - 12/12/2019) hitps:ilwwnkitco.com!commentaris/2019-12-18/Now-bogins the-srongest-seasonal-advance-in-precious-metals html 187143122, 10:16 PM "Now begins the strangest seasonal advance in precious metas! | Kitco News Li Silver prices typically rise very strongly until the end of February Source: Seasonax As the chart illustrates, on average silver tends to post the by far strongest price gains early in the year until peaking close to the end of February. This rapid advance begins in mid December (blue arrow). Thereafter the price typically retreats again, Thus silver makes a move in excess of its total annual seasonal gain over the coming two months! The seasonal rally is caused by fundamental drivers The strong seasonal advance is very likely driven by purchases from the manufacturing industry. Many industrial silver processors/users place the bulk of their purchase orders at the beginning of the new financial year once annual planning has been completed and new orders can be booked. If you purchase silver ahead of this phase — to be precise, in mid December — you will buy ata fairly reasonable price from a seasonal perspective and stand to benefit from the strong seasonal rally. Platinum prices offer a seasonally favorable entry in mid December as well But what is the situation with other precious metals? Next I will show you the typical seasonal pattern of platinum over the past 32 years. Platinum price, seasonal pattern over the past 32 years «= Platinum Spot $/02 - Seasonal (Chart based on the last 32 years (6/01/1967 - 12/12/2019) hitps:/lww kitco.com/commentaris2019-12-18/Now-begins-4ne-stronge sasonal-advance-in-precious-melals html7149122, 10:16 PM "Now begins the strangest seasonal advance in precious metals! | Kitco News \ Platinum also tends to rally strongly starting in mid December Source: Seasonax As the chart shows, platinum exhibits a very similar seasonal pattern. Just as silver, it rises strongly from mid December almost to the end of February. Contrary to silver, platinum displays a further seasonal advance in April, but subsequently these gains tend to be retraced almost in their entirety. In light of the fact that similar to silver, the seasonal rally in platinum is associated with the tum of the year, it is probably attributable to the same fundamental reason: purchases related to the new financial year! Gold, silver, platinum: all the same? Perhaps you think now that the seasonal trends of gold look similar. After all, there is a strong positive correlation between silver and gold prices. Or could it be different, given that gold prices are moved by other fundamental drivers? If you want to find out about the seasonal pattern of gold, or those of your favorite stocks, or if you want to learn about optimal timing entry and exit points with seasonal data, | recommend visiting www.app.seasonax.com — which can be used free of charge for gold and other important instruments. By Dimitri Speck Contributing to kitco.com BEA support@seasonax.com https://seasonax.com/ Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of Kitco Metals Inc. The author has made every effort to ensure accuracy of information provided: however, neither Kitco Metals Inc. nor the author can guarantee such accuracy. This article Is strictly for informational purposes only. Its not a solicitation to make any exchange in commodities, securities or other financial instruments. Kitco Metals Inc. and the author ofthis article do ‘not accept culpability for losses and! or damages arising from the use of this publication. e 94,226 Comments posted on Kitco Chat this hitps/lwwizkitco.com/commentarisi2019-12-18iNow-begins-Ane-stronge sasonal-advance-in-precious-melals htm!7149122, 10:16 PM "Now begins the strangest seasonal advance in precious metals! | Kitco News month Conversation 3 comments Q Login Signup What do you think? Sort by Newest v B BlueTurtle - 18 December, 2019 ~ Yes, it sounds great in theory. But you should be aware that precious metals commitment of traders are at extremes, The commercials (i.e. producers) are very much short. They tend to be the correct party. Besides, if there is no one left to buy, how will the price go higher? 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