The metals are coiling for a move.
The odds favor an upwards breakout, but there is still the possibility of a drop, most likely if stocks drop as well, most likely in a liquidation driven sell off.
“L'histoire est un tissu de bassesses et de cruautés où quelques gouttes de pureté brillent, de loin en loin.”
Simone Weil, L'enracinement 1943