Everyone starts talking about buying gold after it has surged in price and is ripe for a pull-back. That is when the sheeple buy and get slaughtered.
I have gotten a lot fewer e-mails lately about buying gold because it has been going down in price for the last month. That is a usually a good sign that it is time to buy.
Technically, gold is now oversold at the bottom of its long-term trendline and the commitment of traders commercial index indicates that the commercial gold traders (smart money) got relatively long last week. Notice that every time the above pattern occurred (price at the lower trend line, stochastics oversold on a weekly chart and the COT commercial index > 90), gold has risen in price.
My only concern is that gold tends to go down seasonally until the end of August before it begins its yearly rise. However, the problem with seasonals is that everyone tries to get in early. I have gotten several e-mails about how gold goes up in the fall, so this common knowledge may be causing traders to jump the gun this year.