Gold timers finally throw in the towel

``That [the gold market timers] have finally rushed for the exits increases the likelihood that some sort of trading bottom has been formed in the gold market... Consider the average recommended gold market exposure among a subset of the gold market timers tracked by the Hulbert Financial Digest (as measured by the Hulbert Gold Newsletter Sentiment Index, or HGNSI). Just a week ago this average stood t 73.7%, one of the highest readings for this index in several years. Today, in contrast, it stands at just 7.0%. ''