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Trading Wolf
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Do You Trade Commodities as Inflation Hedges or Pure Technical Setups?
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I've noticed that commodity traders tend to fall into two distinct camps:
**Camp A: Macro/Fundamental-driven**
You trade gold as an inflation hedge, oil based on OPEC decisions. Your analysis starts with the macro narrative, and you use technicals only for entry/exit timing.
**Camp B: Pure technical**
You treat gold and oil the same way you'd treat EUR/USD — support, resistance, price action, chart patterns. The "inflation hedge" narrative is noise; the chart is everything.
**Camp C: The hybrid**
You use macro to determine directional bias and technical analysis for precise entries, stops, and targets.
Personally, I'm firmly in Camp C — but I'd say the macro bias is 30% of my decision and the technical setup is 70%. I won't take a gold long if the macro is broadly gold-negative (strong USD, rising real yields), regardless of how good the technical setup looks.
Which camp are you in, and has your approach to commodity analysis evolved over time?