December gold was last up $3.90 at $1,787.80 and December Comex silver was last up $0.006 at $23.955 an ounce.
As the calendar turns to November and the historically turbulent months of September and October are now behind, the stock market bulls are feeling even more confident.
Technically, December gold futures bulls have the overall near-term technical advantage as prices are in a four-week-old uptrend on the daily chart.
Prices are in a four-week-old uptrend on the daily bar chart, but the bulls need to show fresh power soon to keep it alive.