observer- your questions about the GDX systems:

where have you been?? I discussed in many newsletters ago how I stopped sending out trade signals to those a long time ago for the GDX Renko and BPGDM old systems because I thought they didn't work well enough on their own and that we all should rely on our technicals for a more reliable signal vs waiting for those systems.  Now I did recently combine them both into a 'combined' system that appears to work better than the systems alone because it filters out a ton of whipsaws and I've discussed this over the past few weeks.

Here's the GDX combined system chart which uses the old GDX Renko and BPGDM charts - it went on a buy signal on Mondayas you can see when both the BPGDM and GDX Renko charts gave a buy signal together for confirmation.

However that said, Steve and I pointed out a much lower entry last week on Tues or Wed when GDX retested the broken downtrend line we spoke of, and Thursday morning was also a good entry.  My comment has been that at important lows like we had, we could use our technical analysis to enter a much better prices vs worrying about waiting for some system which would have got you in in Monday, vs early last week.  

That said however this combined system does appear to filter out a lot of whipsaws because you need a confirmation from both the BPGDM and Renko for a true signal - you could use this as a guide going forward, perhaps you could use this to hold part of a swing position i.e. keep your GDX until this system goes on a sell signal, and we will continue to monitor it.  However I also suggest that you use your own technical prowess as well