September 8th, Tim Ord Interview on the Tom O'Brien Show - 2026
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Tim Ord joins the Tom O'Brien Show to analyze the current state of the S&P 500, noting that while the market has recently tested significant support levels from previous highs and gaps with lighter volume, it remains within a sideways consolidation range. He argues that the broader trend is still upward as long as key indicators, such as the VIX ratio relative to Ballinger bands on a weekly timeframe, remain favorable. Ord highlights that recent rallies have shown signs of strength but warns that the sustainability of this momentum depends on the RSI reaching levels around 70 rather than stalling near 60; failure to achieve higher momentum could signal a weak rally and potential trouble ahead. He emphasizes that while he remains long-term bullish, the market needs to break out of its current trading range with volume to confirm the continuation of the uptrend.
Shifting focus to gold stocks, Ord presents several technical indicators suggesting a robust uptrend has already begun following a recent consolidation phase. He utilizes a specific volume-based indicator for the GDX index that historically signals the start of an uptrend when it rises above plus 40, noting that this signal has worked in approximately 83% of historical instances since 2014. Based on this metric, he projects that the current rally could last between four to six months, potentially extending into early next year or even March of the following year if the indicator continues to strengthen. He also points out that a longer-term version of this volume average would require reaching plus 20 to confirm an extended rally, which is currently underway as the index climbs off recent lows.
Ord further supports his bullish outlook for gold stocks by analyzing the GDXG ratio, which measures the relative performance of gold stocks against physical gold prices. He observes a significant divergence where the GDXG ratio is making new highs while the underlying price of GDX has not yet matched its most recent peak, indicating that gold stocks are outperforming gold itself—a classic sign of an emerging bull market. On a monthly timeframe, he notes that this ratio has been stuck in a trading range for over a decade and appears poised to break above the 0.25 level, which would target a future high near 0.40. If this breakout occurs, it implies a potential doubling of GDX prices without any movement in gold prices alone, pointing toward a highly favorable environment for investors holding gold equities over the next twelve months.
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Okay, folks. Our guest coming up is Tim
Orard of Orway
Oracle.com.
Uh Tim, are you on the line?
>> I sure am. Here I am. So, this is Larry.
>> Welcome. Welcome. Yes, it is. How are
you? It's been a while since we spoke.
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>> Yeah, it's been probably quite a few
years. So, uh, my
>> Yeah. Um, yeah, my website's uh
www.orgenoracle.com
and my email is is at timoracle.com.
So, that's how you get me. I also have a
Twitter account at uhordoracle.
So, anyhow, that's how to get a hold of
me. Um, I guess we can take a look at
the market. Um,
>> you're in charge, my friend. Please
continue.
>> All right. So, now this is the the daily
spy.
Um any we had some highs back in June
right there about 755.
Uh another high in July right there. Uh
we had a sign of strength. That's SOS
through those highs. Now, those highs
should act support. We also had a gap
there. That's the reason why I put that
that number there is a gap at uh 76.52.
And that gap had 69 million shares.
[cough]
Excuse me. Just throw this dry. And that
happened on April 4th. That's what all
the numbers are. And if you test the gap
on 10% lighter volume,
um it has support. Well, we test that
gap on 40% lighter volume. And uh so you
went down tested gap. So
you tested uh 40% lighter volume. That
gap should access support. Also, the
previous high should access support. You
should see a sign of strength off that
low. This is uh last week you did rally
uh not a whole lot, but you did rally
and you did have another sign of
strength. The volume did pop up. Not a
lot. Uh it was kind of a weak sign of
strength, but you still had one. Um and
also, let's see, this is this is Monday.
Uh no, this Tuesday that' be Friday. uh
be Thursday. Thursday you had a gap
right here and we're we test that gap
today and that gap had uh 41 million
shares and today we're lucky to hit 3
mill 30 million shares. So probably
we're testing the gap of last Thursday
in lighter volume and he's going to have
another support area. So, in general,
uh, this sideways consolidation, it's
getting kind of messy in here, but this
sideways consolidation,
uh, uh, I wonder if I can get some of
this stuff off.
There we go. Anyhow, you can see the gap
there. We're testing the gap today.
Anyhow, the sideways consolidation, I
think, is just going to end to the
upside. And there's a couple reasons
why. This is a bigger uh the bigger
trend here. Uh the bottom window is the
uh S&P VIX ratio. It's a weekly time
frame and as long as it stays above the
mid Ballinger band, which right there it
is. And the uh S&P is above the mid
Ballinger band and Ballinger bands right
there. Uh trend should continue. So on a
weekly time frame, we had a sinus
strength which is uh this is a weekly
now through the previous highs. to see
bounce back down to the previous highs,
found support, and so I think this week
is a rally possibly into next week. So,
we'll see how it goes. I did do some
Fibonacci stuff here and only did
retrace uh 38.2%.
So, it's a pretty strong support. So, it
didn't really trace a lot. So, at the
moment, I think it trends up. How high
is high? Don't know. Uh but this is kind
of another indicator. It's kind of a
momentum indicator and normally uh tops
run momentum starts to really weaken and
an RSI is way to measure momentum and uh
if you get high momentum up around you
know 70 80 that's usually a lot of
strength for the rally to continue a
majority of the time and the last rally
we had off off of that uh 655 support
which is June July high came in at 67
uh RSI which is pretty good. And so this
next rally up potentially rally up like
to see the RSI get up around 70 again.
And that could, you know, would imply to
me the rally could keep going. If we
fail to get above 60, we're at 52 right
now. So that's, you know, that would be
a weak rally to the upside. That could
be a sign of to worry. So, right now
it's too soon to say what's going to
happen because the rally is still inside
that trading or the we're still inside
the trading range.
If we go back to this, you know, we
haven't really broke out of this
sideways trading range yet. But that's
what I'm kind of waiting for. See how
the RSI if it fails to get much above
60, you know, fails right around 60,
which is all the previous highs happened
here and here and here. you normally you
can't get above 60 on the RSI and those
are all you know decent tops. So will
this happen this time around? Depends on
the next rally. So that's why I'm kind
of saying if it kind of just chugs up
slowly and the RSI fails to get above 60
then that's be a time to worry. If we
get around 70 or higher then I think
we're okay. So we'll see how that works
out. And here's kind of another
indicator that kind of forewarns where
tops can uh can form. Uh the bottom
window is the 21day average of the ARMS
index. And when ARMS index is below 1.2,
normally that's considered panic.
Panic's really good for the market. If
you ever look at u 10day arms and 21-day
arms, normally the panic which is up in
this range here comes at lows. Uh and
the opposite occurs if it gets too much
optimism and you get a 21-day arms index
you know below one which we are actually
right now we're at 94 when I made this
chart. I didn't update this chart but
yeah 0.94 that can be a dangerous time.
So, I'm thinking this next rally is not
going to have a lot of froth to it. If
it does, great. Then we keep holding.
But if it doesn't, then you could be
doing one of these things. Uh this is
kind of a leading indicator. In other
words, this can stay low for a number of
of weeks if not months. But it does, you
know, if we do rally and this thing
fails to get above, I don't know, 1.1 or
something, it'd be a worrisome sign. So,
we don't have that. We haven't seen the
rally perform yet, but the next rally is
going to be really important how it
performs. So, um I'm along the S&Ps. Um
I think we're okay so far. This, you
know, the the S&PX ratio staying above
mid Ballinger band. The weekly S&P is
staying in mid Binger band. So, I have
to say at the moment trend still up.
Depends how this next rally out of this
sideways consolidation will perform. uh
if it performs with volume and we do get
decent price surge to the upside, uh all
these other indicators I'm looking at
will be remain bullish. If that doesn't
happen, then um may sell out. We'll have
to wait and see. But I'm still long
right now. Okay, stay with us, Tim. We
have to pay a few bills and we'll be
right back. Okay.
>> All right. Sounds good.
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>> Okay, folks. We have our guest Tim Or
still in the line here. Tell us what
we're looking at, Tim. Um, all right.
Uh, we're going to flip over to the gold
market. Um,
uh, this is the, uh, let's see where we
are. Okay. The the second window down
from the the bottom. This window right
here uh is the uh GDX up down volume
with an 18-day average. And I went back
uh to history. This chart goes back to
2014.
And I marked the times when the up down
18-day average of the up down volume for
GDX got above plus 40. And I think this
was August 26th. I think it got above
plus 40. And I marked all the other
times that happened and there's one
failure actually that was a high right
here but but all the others worked out
is what what it does it signals
initiation of an uptrend. So it's like a
sign of strength off of a bottom and it
works pretty well. This one works I
think it's 83% of the time if you go
back to history. So, uh, once this thing
gets triggered, uh, the rallies normally
last anywhere from 4 to 6 months, and
this was one failure here, but you go
back in time, it works really well. And
so, this big rally we had over the last
couple of weeks, uh, triggered
initiation and uptrend by the up down
Boing. For some reason, it works better
than this next window down the 18day
average of advanced decline. Doesn't
seem to work as well. Don't know why.
So, I just use the up down volume one.
And so, what this says, this rally, say
it started September 1st, should the
last
uh to what be January of next year,
that'd be 4 months to possibly uh March
of next year, which is basically 6
months away. And so, we'll see how that
works out. But we're long and strong on
the gold stocks right now cuz um the
consolidation is over and uptrend has
started. Here's the same indicator but
this is a 50-day average of the up down
volume. So 18-day average is like uh you
know 3 weeks uh 5 days in a week. So a
15-day average 3 weeks is 18 day average
is a little over 3 weeks. This is 50
days. So that's like not quite 3 months.
Uh but some why I didn't use 61 days cuz
the 50 days seems to work better than 61
days which would be 3 months. What I'm
hoping for if this rally can continue
here and I mark the times here this this
uh to trigger this type indicator. It
doesn't do it's pretty it's more rare.
I'll put it that way. chart goes back
2019 and I mark the times here when this
indicator got triggered and what it does
it signals rallies that last either you
know a year 8 months or a year or so I'm
thinking if we can get to plus 20 that
would be initiation of an uptrend this
has to come off a bottom it's already
currently rallying uh I don't use that
figure it has to be coming off a bottom
and a bottom is reading below minus 15
other words a selling climax X has to
turn into a sign of strength. And to get
a sign of strength on this indicator to
be a longerterm signal would get it to
plus 20. We're coming in uh well at
least uh today at 281. So what that says
is this rally needs to continue to get
to plus 20. If it gets to plus 20, say,
over the next month, uh, then that would
suggest this rally could rally into next
March or to next September, a year from
now, which I think is probably what's
going to happen, but it's too soon to
say, but either way, um, uh, momentum
for the gold stocks is up. Um, here's
another kind of a I do a lot with the
divergence type things. Uh, this is the
GDX G ratio. Uh, it's a little bit
shorter term. goes back uh well this is
a year uh goes back about 2 years and it
works well uh when GDX when gold stock
is outperforming gold that's what
happens in an uptrend when gold
outperform gold stocks that's usually
what happens in a downtrend so right now
I got ratio right here which is this
chart here when it's rallying then gold
stocks are outperforming gold and when
it doesn't uh that little high we had
back in October of last year right here.
Uh
uh gold stocks underperformed gold and
that was that little divergence where uh
GDX that went up that suggest a pullback
and we got that little pullback here and
right now uh we got the GDXG ratio
hitting new highs in other words above
the March high where GDX has not hit
above the high. That's the reason why I
put those lines there. So, uh, GDXG
ratio is outperforming,
um, again the gold stocks. And so, what
this suggests at a minimum, uh,
GDX should at least get back to this
high and most at least and maybe it'll
break it. Uh, we'll have to wait and
see. Boy, I think it's what's what's
going to happen going to break it. I did
a little small window here. Uh this is a
little bit shorter time because this
chart goes back uh to the January 2026,
but over the last couple of weeks,
that's what these little windows are
looking at. And you can see the
divergence going on here. This is GDX in
the top window, and it hasn't broke
above its previous high yet of of a
couple of weeks ago where GDX ratio is
already back up to its previous highs.
So, what that says to me on a short-term
basis here, this rally is going to
continue. So, we'll see what the March
uh high looks like, which is up around
that 117. Will we get through it? Uh
probably will. Um so, we'll see on a
bigger time frame. I got 2 minutes to go
here. Um
this is uh the uh I keep showing this
chart because it really has a lot of
importance to it, but the bottom window
is the uh monthly GDXG ratio. And you
can see what happens at major highs.
This ratio makes lower highs as GDX
makes higher highs. It also picked up
the 2011 high kind of made higher highs.
This ratio went right through the floor.
And right now we got GDX has not got
above its previous high yet. And this
ratio is already breaking out above its
previous high. And again, if you also
notice, we've been in a trading range
from basically uh I don't know 0.1 to
0.2 for 13 years. That's an awful long
time going sideways in a trading range
and we're due for a breakout. That's
exactly what I think was going on right
now. The last high is 0.24.
We're at 0.25 right now. This is on a
monthly time frame. So, we need to close
above 0.25 or higher for this ratio to
break out. If it breaks out, the next
upside target is uh 04,
which is basically pretty much double
from here, which is basically at this
high back at 2011 high. So, I think
that's where we're heading. But if this
ratio goes to 04, that means GDX will
double without gold moving at all. If
you do the statics or do the math for
it, uh that would mean GDX would go to
100. But gold will rally along with the
the gold stocks. So go GDX may go to
250. I don't know. Uh but this ratio
looks like it's breaking out and next
upside targets 4. Uh to get to point4
that means GDX would have to double
without gold moving from here and I
think that's where we're heading. So I
think next 12 months uh for the gold
stocks are going to be
one good ride to the upside. So, uh, I
don't see any major hurdles yet that may
come up, but so far everything looks
bullish here. I'm staying along the gold
stocks.
>> Great stuff. I love the charts. The
prettiest ones I've ever seen, Tim.
>> Yeah, they are. They are pretty. So,
>> they sure are. Thanks for joining us.
We'll have you on again soon, my friend.
Thank you.
>> All right. Thank you. Talk to you.
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