The above picture comes from the movie Junior, which was released back in 1994. The film follows Alex Hesse (Arnold Schwarzenegger), an Austrian-American scientist who agrees to undergo a male pregnancy as part of a scientific experiment The picture reminded me of what “Junior Mining Stocks” are attempting to do at this time, which is breakout!

Below looks at Junior Miners ETF GDXJ– 

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As mentioned above, after hitting highs this past summer, sellers stepped in and drove GDXJ down hard, as it lost nearly a third of its value, in a few months time. Now GDXJ is testing falling resistance at (2). What GDXJ does at (2), should tell us a good deal about the next intermediate move in mining stocks.