Gold miners began 2013 in a nascent downtrend with an extremely bearish candlestick pattern:

Click to enlarge

GDX_2013

The end result was a disastrous 54% decline!

Gold mining investors have ample reason to look forward to a much better 2014, including a solid end to 2013, along with a high volume bullish engulfing candlestick on New Year's Eve:

GDX_2014