XAU:
The little impulse completed this a.m.
Here's how I see it fitting into the much larger pattern. All of the waves since December, 2003 have been abc's. It looks like a triangle is forming, bounded by 110 and the uptrend line.
Getting back to the intra-day chart, first impulses are always paired--- they are either wave 1 of an impulse or wave a of an abc.
A safe scalp trade is to catch the c wave in wave 2 or b once a clear abc is formed.
I think we've impulsed down in wave a of the very minute abc correction. There should be a counter-trend rally lasting a few trading hours and a final decline also lasting a few hours or a day.
The dollar's bearish pattern should support a significant rally.
So you figure it's going to take a couple of months before that last wave up starts?
It will be brutal to go to 110 and then drop back to 90. That might shake out the last of the believers.