With precious metals seeing some of the strongest daily declines of the year, the gold/silver mining stocks were naturally on the slide. The miner ETF of GDX settled lower by a very significant -5.5% @ $21.33. Next support is the $20 threshold... and then $18s into early March.
GDX, daily
Summary
Not surprisingly, precious metals are seeing renewed downside.. with a new multi-week down cycle now underway. The miners are thus naturally following... and GDX looks set to fall into the spring, if not across the summer.
There remains high possibility that GDX could be cut in half across the next six months or so.
Most bearish outlook remains...
GDX, weekly
Regardless of any further broader market strength, if the precious metals continue to weaken, then the miners will no doubt follow.