In the metal market, gold was up slightly for the month, so far - it's only the fifth. So, we had just a few trading days, and remember again, we don't have a full trading week. Jimmy Carter's observance day is January 9th, the stock markets won't be open. Most commodity markets won't either, they'll be closed during the day sessions. When you look at the gold market though, it is fighting a big battle right at the 18-week average at $2649 and a half. You're over that by about five dollars on the close.
You can see how the market is suddenly going sideways on you. The pattern turned bullish this week with the market having higher highs, higher lows - you had an outside week up.
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Over the past 35-years Ira Epstein has developed a reputation for providing clients with easy to use technology and teaching good old fashioned trading know-how. A number of our brokers have over 30-years trading experience. No matter how technology changes the methods of entering orders, there's no replacement for having "been there and done that before". It's the blend of services that brings things together.
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Ira began in the futures markets in 1969. Over the years he worked his way up, starting from the ground up as a "floor runner" culminating with his becoming a Floor Trader. In the mid 1970s Ira decided to make a career shift within the industry to develop both retail and commercial based clientele. His customer base grew to the point whereby in 1984 he founded "Ira Epstein & Company", a trading firm specializing in retail, commercial and self-directed discount futures trading. Along the way Ira became a leader in trading technology out of necessity, due to increased small lot trade volume. He was among the first to embrace the Internet, which as you know has dramatically changed both the way information is delivered and how trading takes place today.
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