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Nvidia Goes for a Flag Breakout

Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill

Chief Technical Strategist, TrendInvestorPro.com

Nvidia (NVDA) is showing relative strength as it breaks above consolidation resistance. The chart below shows the stock surging and then moving into a trading range that looks like a flat flag. A breakout here would signal a continuation higher. The indicator window shows the StockCharts Technical Rank (SCTR) above 90, which means NVDA is showing some serious relative strength. Notice how the SCTR broke out a day before the stock as relative strength led absolute strength.

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Arthur Hill
About the author: , CMT, is the Chief Technical Strategist at TrendInvestorPro.com. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed market technician. Arthur has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities Magazine. In addition to his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, he holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London. Learn More