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Can Copper Go Crazy?

Greg Schnell

Greg Schnell

Chief Technical Analyst, Osprey Strategic

I think we all know Copper is the fundamental metal for all of the green plans globally. Lately, Copper has been wandering sideways close to all-time highs. This chart below shows the last 25 years.

The price has consolidated for 8 weeks. But the underlying theme is that there are not enough copper mines to build out the infrastructure. This week, price started to break above a down trend in the consolidation. If you are following technicians that trade commodities, you'll understand the bullish implications of this.

One of the biggest ways to play the move to electric cars is through the raw commodities or companies that mine them. An example is Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), shown below. But there are many more with a lot more upside torque.

Hang on to your copper. This is just getting started as governments globally throw money at something they don't understand (again). The pressure is lining up to be near-volcanic as it takes years to get new mines approved.

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Good trading,
Greg Schnell, CMT, MFTA
Senior Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com
Author, Stock Charts For Dummies


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Greg Schnell
About the author: , CMT, MFTA is Chief Technical Analyst at Osprey Strategic specializing in intermarket and commodities analysis. He is also the co-author of Stock Charts For Dummies (Wiley, 2018). Based in Calgary, Greg is a board member of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (CSTA) and the chairman of the CSTA Calgary chapter. He is an active member of both the CMT Association and the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA). Learn More