INTERMARKET ANALYSIS: Today's early signs pointing to higher gold were wrong. An early gold rally fails. An early euro FX (euro/$U.S. pair) fails. An early NASDAQ 100 surge fails after the NYSE closing bell. Today was wild.
6-MONTH CHART: Gold bulls: Brush up on your trading rules tonight.

6-month chart for August 2009 GLOBEX gold futures (source eSignal)
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