Trading AG/USD or AU/USD...

For those who are able, is anyone trading these pairs? If so, what strategy(s) do you recommend?

My knowledge of gold/silver puts/calls/options is very limited, so even though I am only in physical gold & silver, I was hoping to take advantage of the orchestrated smack-downs by the EE by shorting AG/USD and/or AU/USD at the opportune moments. The trick is knowing when this occurs. I suspect getting charts that show volume might help. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! And all the best to everyone here...