Corrections and shakeouts in #preciousmetals secular bull markets can be violent, but they can reverse just as fast.
Comparing to the first leg of the bull market in the 1970s, after the first move up to extended above the 200 week moving average, there was a 30% correction that breifly broke the 200 Day MA.
Look at the similarities to today... Extension, correction, a lower low to below the 200 Day over roughly the same time period...
We may not know what comes next but it is good to know what CAN happen. People tend to behave the same way over time.
It looks like the shakeout may have run its course
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Silver dropped almost 50% from June 1968 to November 1971, and then rallied ~420% into February 1974.
Silver then dropped ~43% into 1976 and then rallied ~1150% by January 1980.
Silver dropped 60% from March to October 2008 and then rallied ~490%.
Gold dropped almost 30% in late-1973 and then rallied almost 100%...and then dropped ~25% and then rallied another 45% all by January 1975.
Gold dropped 50% in 1975 and 1976 and then rallied ~770% by Jan 1980.
Gold dropped ~26% in 2006 and then rallied 90%.
Gold dropped ~35% in 2008 and then rallied 180%.
This sell-off since January 2026 is now the third largest silver has ever had within the context of a bull market, and for gold it's the the fourth largest...almost on par with the 1973 correction and nearly on par with the Great Financial Crisis. In terms of time from top to bottom, this is more akin to the 1973 correction (about 20 weeks) or 2006 (about 20 weeks).
All of these drops led to enormous V-bottom rallies, some so rapid that if they repeated today it would mean $8000+ gold by October.
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