December gold futures closed up $4.60 at $1,144.00 yesterday. Prices hit another fresh contract and all-time record high yesterday, amid a weaker U.S. dollar. Prices closed near mid-range. Gold bulls have the solid overall near-term technical advantage. There are no early clues of a market top being close at hand for gold. Gold bulls' next upside price objective is to produce a close above solid technical resistance at $1,200.00. Bears' next downside price objective is closing prices below solid technical support at $1,100.00. First resistance is seen at yesterday's all-time high of $1,153.40 and then at $1,160.00. Support is seen at yesterday's low of $1,136.00 and then at $1,130.00.

Wyckoff's Market Rating: 8.5.

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December silver futures closed up 12.8 cents at $18.515 an ounce yesterday.Prices closed nearer the session low yesterday but did hit a fresh 16-month high yesterday. The silver bulls have the solid near-term technical advantage. Bulls' next upside price objective is closing prices above solid technical resistance at $20.00 an ounce. The next downside price objective for the bears is closing prices below solid technical support at $17.00. First resistance is seen at yesterday's high of $18.855 and then at $19.00. Next support is seen at yesterday's low of $18.325 and then at $18.085.

Wyckoff's Market Rating: 8.0.

December N.Y. copper closed up 250 points at 313.35 cents yesterday. Prices closed near mid-range yesterday and hit a fresh 14-month high. Copper bulls have the solid near-term technical advantage. The next downside price objective for the bears is closing prices below solid technical support at 300.00 cents. Bulls' next upside objective is pushing and closing prices above solid technical resistance at 325.00 cents. First resistance is seen at 315.00 cents and then at yesterday's high of 317.20 cents. First support is seen at yesterday's low of 309.45 cents and then at 307.45 cents.

Wyckoff's Market Rating: 8.5

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Jim Wyckoff has been involved with the stock, financial and futures markets for more than 20 years.  He was born and raised in Iowa, where he still resides.

Wyckoff became a financial journalist with Futures World News for many years, cutting his teeth as a reporter on the futures trading floors in Chicago and New York, where he covered every futures market traded in the United States at one time or another.

Not long after he began his career in financial journalism, he began studying technical analysis. By studying chart patterns and other technical indicators, he realized this approach to analyzing and trading markets could level the playing field between “professional insiders” in the markets and individual traders.

His extensive studies of technical analysis and knowledge of markets led to several positions, including chief technical analyst at several well-known companies.  He says his mission is not just to generate profits for traders but to also provide them with educational and insightful information because, in the fascinating business of trading, one never stops learning.

Wyckoff received a Bachelor of Science degree at Iowa State University, graduating in 1984 with a major in journalism and a minor in economics. He and his wife have two children, a son in high school and a daughter in college.

When he’s not analyzing markets and educating traders, Wyckoff says he loves adventures, from driving a Jeep across the highest mountain pass in the continental United States to extreme winter camping in the Boundary Waters to hiking in the jungles of South America.