The gold market remains trapped in a price downtrend and has this week hit a 15-month low. The bears are in solid near-term technical control and there are no early chart clues to suggest a market bottom is close at hand. That means for the near term the path of least resistance for the yellow metal will remain sideways to lower. Keep reading my daily market update reports for those early clues on when price trend changes may occur. Stay tuned! —Jim Wyckoff