JNUG usually follows general economic trend, JDST is inverse of JNUG. If you put both chart together, usually they are exactly opposite. So most of the day, either JNUG or JDST is bullish. I am not sure about relation with the gold price. I think reverse split is their way of not going to penny stock, it will have negative impact on long term but not so much for short term in my opinion.