by Craig Hemke, Sprott Money:

After selling off early last week, the COMEX gold price held critical support and then began to rally. As the new week begins, it begs the question: Could this fifth attempt at a breakout above $2500 finally lead to a new surge higher in price?

We’ll try to answer that question in a minute, but let’s start this week where we left off last week. On August 5, almost all global markets were sharply lower as concerns over the Japanese yen carry trade unwind drove immediate liquidity demands. COMEX gold and silver were hit hard, and though prices had fallen almost precisely to the areas we were expecting, it was pretty hard to pull the trigger on any new buy orders. If you missed last week’s post, I encourage you to read it now.