By Adam Hamilton & Scott Wright | 21.05.2012 Gold stocks have been pummeled mercilessly this month, their price action looking almost apocalyptic.

NEW YORK (AVAFIN) -- Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF options contracts experienced a new 90-day record for call contracts where a total of 18125 call contracts were traded in the busy trading session.

Jordan Roy-Byrne: We began the week by making a ballsy prediction about the precious metals complex. We believed a major bottom could happen this week.

By Benzinga.com May 18, 2012 3:05 pm For those with an appetite for risk, some ETFs that have recently been sold off could make for compelling contrarian plays.

Przemyslaw Radomski: All eyes are on Greece which is heading toward national elections six weeks after the last vote. Many feel that a Greek euro exit would be a chance to cauterize a festering wound and move on.

Gold and silver were adding to yesterday's gains to close out the week's trading Friday morning as Facebook's IPO, a Greek exit and contagion worries continued to grip world financial and commodities markets.

At the moment, it's hard to envision fortune favoring the brave, but for those with an appetite for risk, some ETFs that have recently been sold off could make for compelling contrarian plays.

By TRANG HO, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 05/17/2012 03:28 PM ET Gold prices rebounded from a five-month low Thursday amid an intensifying global sell-off in stocks and a weakening dollar.

The short term trend is without a doubt, down, as we make lower lows and lower highs. In the last couple of months, anyone shorting this has probably made money even with terrible timing.

Gold miner stocks are underperforming bullion prices to a degree seldom seen in the past three decades. Essentially, the spread between gold miner shares and spot gold prices is near a 30-year low.