Charting,
just make it a log-log plot and all variations dissapear. Since my investments in KXL collapsed last year, my PF has increased by about 50% since last October and is close to its peak value. Timing is part of the luck, I sold significant amounts of Kinross last summer and bought back a lot of good stuff (Barrick and some Cameco and Agrium) in Oct-Nov. and then Osisk in early December
I still hold KXL and see interesting things on the uranium side coming this year. If they get a good gold hit, even better, I will wait
Talking about waiting, I also own Northern Abitibi Mining, and they only plan to start field work in May so there I expect no news until mid summer. I worry the SP will drift down during this period. However, as a Norseman, how can I stay away from a property call Viking and with a vein called Thor, it is a no-brainer and beats any technical analysis.