After months of pounding the table over $4,000 gold, it finally happened.

Gold tested $4,107 and we’re now making the argument for $5,000.

And we’re not the only ones. In fact, as just reported by CNBC, “Industry experts say there is still room for gold to to run. ‘We are now aiming for $5,000 in 2026. If it continues on its current path, it could reach $10,000 before the end of the decade,’ Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research said.”

Fueling upside is the Federal Reserve’s pivot toward more interest rate cut, political uncertainty, and a wave of central bank buying. Plus, China now wants to become a custodian of foreign sovereign gold reserves, meaning it wants to store gold bought by other countries.

According to Business Insider, “The move is bullish for the price of gold in two ways. First, it incentivizes more people – in this case, governments – to buy the metal. Second, by making it a national financial priority, China is establishing itself as yet another major player in a system designed to do one thing: keep buying and holding gold.”

With $5,000 now a possibility, we’re still highlighting opportunity in the:

VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF

You have probably heard the stories. Investors just like you play the futures markets, buy options, and make huge amounts of money. Golf caddies made a few good trades and were able to retire at the ripe old age of 32. Letter carriers that have taken a few minutes from their appointed rounds to place trades from their cell phones, and ended up living in mansions.

Some of the stories are true. Options and futures in the commodities and currencies markets are designed to make you wealthy! Ordinary investors like you have made small fortunes. In my practices as a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA), I’ve seen it happen time after time.

But then there are other stories. A limo driver takes all of his savings, buys a couple of futures contracts, and loses it all. A plumber who is tired of fitting pipes, dreams of retirement, but loses his nest egg in just 4 bad trades. These stories are also true.

Now I’ll bet you’re asking yourself a question right now. “If options and futures are designed to make you wealthy, who do most people lose money when they invest in commodities, currencies and stock index futures?