Trading Insights 8/8/25

Chart of the Day 📈 8/8/25: Metals Fans, I've Got Some Good News!

Mike Larson | Editor-in-Chief

Are you a metals fan? No…NOT Iron Maiden, Metallica, or Slayer. I’m talking about PRECIOUS metals!

I’m asking because I have some good news for you. Check out the MoneyShow Chart of the Day here. It shows the performance of two ETFs that track gold and silver...and two ETFs that track gold and silver MINERS. Right now, miners are breaking out to the upside – which from where I sit, means the metals are likely to follow soon.

GDX, GLD, SIL, SLV: Miners Leading Metals

If you invest in mining stocks, you know that they have leverage to the underlying metals. In other words, if the price of gold and silver rises – but operational costs stay relatively stable – the profits miners churn out can surge. That’s why the Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL) is up 76.6% in the roughly one-year timeframe of this chart, compared with about 40.3% for the iShares Silver Trust (SLV).

What I’ve also seen many times over the years is that mining stocks lead the underlying metals. If that’s the case here, then you have to be really happy with what SIL and the VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) are doing.

A few of the MoneyShow experts I trust, including those who have shared technical outlooks for gold HERE and HERE, note that we need the yellow metal to punch through $3,450-$3,500 – and stay there. That would help confirm this new leg up.

But if the mining stocks are telling us something, it could be just a matter of time!

Options Trading: Four Experts Weigh in on Top Trends in 2025

At our 2025 MoneyShow Masters Symposium Las Vegas, I sat down with top options specialists Bob Lang, president of Explosive Options; John Carter, founder of Simpler Trading; Kevin Davitt, head of index options content at Nasdaq; and Michael Khouw, chief investment officer at Optimize Advisors, to break down what’s driving the record surge in options trading, and how traders can stay ahead of the curve.

We also discussed the rise of 0DTE strategies, the boom in yield-enhanced ETFs, and how institutions and retail traders are both adapting. From the mechanics of daily options to real-world setups like John Carter’s “squeeze,” this conversation is packed with expert insights and actionable takeaways.

• ORCL: Showing Powerful Momentum Plus a Trend Seeker "Buy" Signal
  👉️ TICKER: ORCL

  Valued at $718 billion, Oracle Corp. (ORCL) is one of the largest enterprise-grade database, middleware, and application software providers. ORCL currently has momentum and is hitting new highs. Many investors and analysts also think the double-digit projections of revenue and earnings growth will continue, writes Jim Van Meerten, analyst at Barchart.

• Watch These Support and Resistance Levels as Gold Eyes New Highs

  👉️ TICKER: GLD

  Gold prices closed at new records in June, offering technical confirmation the primary trend remains bullish, albeit amid fading momentum. The primary trend has been bullish since the week of Nov. 27, 2023. A key threshold for the bulls to “beat” is $3,450, observes Tom Essaye, president of the Sevens Report.

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