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Technical Overview by Nicholas Winton, Hedgehog Trader and @HedgehogTrader on Twitter

Thank you for joining us for our weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index.

Technical Overview by Nicholas Winton, Hedgehog Trader and @HedgehogTrader on Twitter

Thank you for joining us for our weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. In our last update, we suggested the Index was buying itself time to build momentum when it pulled back to its 960 base and expanded its box consolidation pattern.

In looking at start the start of October, we entered a period which began under a great deal of negative sentiment thanks to the volatility of the last few months and the financial media which always seem ready to trot out annual comparisons to October 1987 or various analogs to the 1929 stock market crash. We see this as a very bullish backdrop from a contrarian point of view. In fact, we are already seeing increasingly bullish signs across North American financial markets. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials have thumbed their noses at the mainstream media as they have risen 5% in the last week alone, one of the best starts to October ever!

Technical Overview by Nicholas Winton, Hedgehog Trader  and @HedgehogTrader on Twitter

Thank you for joining us for our weekly technical look at the INK Canadian Insider Index. In our last update, we observed the Index was locked in a very tight range between 980 and 1020 and that converging trend-lines would soon force it to make a move.

Today, we're going to take a technical look at mining stocks which are an important element in the commodities market since their direction and movement tend to lead the price of gold.

Technical Overview by Nicholas Winton, Hedgehog Trader and @HedgehogTrader on Twitter

Thank you for joining us in our weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Since our last update the INK CIN Index has maintained its resolve and has refused to break down. In fact, having bounced off the 985 level, the Index is making incrementally higher lows and continues to consolidate ahead of a final resolution (shown by the two converging black lines). What's more, even though its Relative Strength Indicator has not climbed above the 50 level (which I think is needed for a breakout), its RSI is also quietly and bullishly, making higher lows. Meanwhile, it's the same story for the Index's MACD signal which bottomed in late August and has climbed steadily ever since.

Technical Overview by Nicholas Winton, Hedgehog Trader and @HedgehogTrader on Twitter

Thank you for joining us for our technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Since our last update in which we highlighted several bullish characteristics of its chart, the index bounced from the bottom of its consolidation pattern and rose 2% before pausing on Friday. 

With the recent volatility in world markets and currencies, market commentators and mainstream media outlets have become bearish on oil, gold and even the broad markets (think magazine covers screaming 'this is the end!').  The investor herd is running scared, as evidenced by $2.8 billion in outflows from U.S.-based domestic-focused stock funds two weeks ago according to Lipper data. CNBC talking-head Dennis Gartman weighed in, calling for a US bear market to begin.  Another commentator slagged gold, the 5000 year old metal of kings, as a mere “pet rock.”  And Mad Money’s Jim Cramer recently swore off oil stocks.  We see this outcry of capitulation as a perfect contrarian signal that is putting a profit opportunity of impressive size before investors.