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The Traders Journal6h ago
Six Dance Steps to Remember for an Extended Market
"An investment in Knowledge pays the best interest." — Benjamin Franklin It's time to revisit a few timeless lessons regarding extended markets. As I write this, the last correction of any significance was in 2022 Read More
Analyzing India21h ago
Week Ahead: NIFTY To Stay Tentative Over 6-Day Trading Week; RRG Shows Defensive Sectoral Setup
The Indian equities continued to trade with a corrective undertone as they ended the week on a mildly negative note. Over the past five sessions, the Nifty continued facing selling pressure at higher levels while staying mainly in a range Read More
The MEM Edge1d ago
BEWARE! META, TSLA, AMZN, MSFT & AAPL Report Earnings Next Week!
In this video, Mary Ellen reviews the new uptrend in the S&P 500, and highlights what's driving it higher. She then shares new pockets of strength that are poised to take off, and what to be on the lookout for ahead of next week's M7 earnings reports Read More
RRG Charts1d ago
The Best Five Sectors, #4
No changes in the top-5 At the end of this week, there were no changes in the ranking of the top-5 sectors Read More
The Mindful Investor1d ago
Semiconductors Have More to Prove Before Breakout is Believed
Despite the strength in some key growth stocks in January, semiconductors have been decidedly rangebound for most of the last six months Read More
ChartWatchers1d ago
Investors are Pouring Into Gold Miners—Here's What You Need to Know!
Gold mining stocks have been climbing since the end of December, a trend that usually goes unnoticed unless gold — often dismissed as an "old relic" — undergoes one of its periodic shifts into a timely and relevant asset Read More
Art's Charts1d ago
Mag7 ETF Leads as Bullish Pattern Forms - Charting the Trends and Trading Setups for the Mag7 Stocks
The Mag7 ETF (MAGS) formed another short-term bullish continuation pattern as it worked its way higher since the triangle breakout in mid September Read More
DecisionPoint1d ago
Biotechs Looking Up - Two Stocks To Take Advantage
The Biotech industry group is making a comeback, with the 'under the hood' chart displaying new strength coming into the group. We have a constructive bottom that price is breaking from and, while it does need to overcome resistance at the 200-day EMA, it looks encouraging Read More
OptionsPlay1d ago
Lowering the Bar: Why Lowe's Could Head South
Despite periodic rallies that have buoyed the home improvement retail sector, Lowe's (LOW) is showing signs of potential weakness. Recent price action in Lowe's stock and lagging growth metrics suggest that its latest attempt to sustain a breakout may run out of steam Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley1d ago
What's the Secret to Crushing the S&P 500?
Remember that old commercial, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature?" Well, there should be another one pertaining to the stock market, "Don't bet against a secular bull market advance!" We're all trained, or brainwashed, if you will, to believe that the next major stock market to Read More
ChartWatchers2d ago
NVDA, TSMC, and Broadcom: Top Semiconductor Plays as SMH Hits New Highs
In the last quarter of 2024, semiconductors have been walking a tightrope between tariff fears and supply chain uncertainties Read More
RRG Charts2d ago
Energy Picks Up and Consumer Discretionary Continues to Lead
I have been traveling in the US since 1/15 and attended the CMTA Mid-Winter retreat in Tampa, FL 1/16-1/17 and then moved to Redmond, WA to work from the StockCharts.com office this week Read More
The Mindful Investor3d ago
Market Internals Point to Large Growth Leadership
As the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 once again test new all-time highs this week, I'm struck by how leadership trends have shifted around quite a bit since mid-December Read More
Stock Talk with Joe Rabil3d ago
Discover the BEST Way to Spot TREND CHANGES
In this exclusive StockCharts video, Joe demonstrates how to use the 1-2-3 reversal pattern as a buy signal on the weekly chart. This approach can be used when the monthly chart is in a strong position Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!3d ago
Cisco Systems' Stock Keeps Hitting All-Time Highs: Investment Tips to Maximize Your Success
When you think of Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO), you associate the company with hardware — networking, routers, and security. However, its investment in artificial intelligence (AI) makes it a stock worth monitoring Read More
The Mindful Investor4d ago
Five Key Market Ratios Every Investor Should Follow
In this video, Dave shares five charts from his ChartList of market ratios that investors can use to track changing market conditions through 2025 Read More
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Martin Pring's Market Roundup5d ago
Stocks are Facing an Important Test
I have been expecting a bull market correction for about a month, but it's not been as deep as I expected. Now, however, several indexes have completed small bullish two-bar reversal patterns on the weekly charts Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley6d ago
Here's How To Find The Best Upcoming Earnings Reports
Our strategy at EarningsBeats.com just simply makes good common sense. If you want to find the best earnings reports BEFORE they're reported, follow relative strength. I've explained this many times, but let me do it again Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley1w ago
Only One Group Has Shown Consistent Relative Strength For The Past Year
When I look back at leading industry groups for the past day, week, month, 3-month, 6-month, and 1-year periods, only one industry group has been among the Top 20 industry groups for each of those 6 different periods Read More
RRG Charts1w ago
The Best Five Sectors, #3
Energy Replaces Technology At the end of this week, 1/17/2024, the Technology sector dropped out of the top 5 and will be replaced by Energy. The ranking in the top 5 has also changed. XLY is still number one but XLF raised to the #2 spot, pushing XLC down to #3 Read More
Art's Charts1w ago
Mid-Caps Make a Statement with a Breadth Thrust
Mid-caps show leadership and were the first to trigger a breadth thrust. Stocks surged this week with mid-caps showing the highest participation rate Read More
The Mindful Investor1w ago
How the S&P 500 Reaches 6500 By March 2025
So far, this has been a fairly entertaining start to the new year! The S&P 500 started off with a bounce to 6050, pushed briefly below our line-in-the-sand level of 5850, and then finished this week with a retest of 6000 Read More
OptionsPlay1w ago
DexCom Stock Rises From the Ashes: A Breakout You Can't Ignore
As advancements in medical technology continue to shape the healthcare landscape, DexCom, Inc. (DXCM) stands out with its innovative continuous glucose monitoring solutions. Recent price action suggests that DXCM's stock price has triggered a potentially new bullish run Read More
DecisionPoint1w ago
Long Bonds Continue to Break Down
The trouble with bonds is best portrayed by this long-term chart. Bonds were in a rising trend for about forty years, but the trend line was broken in 2022 Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!1w ago
Quantum Computing: Top Stocks You Should Watch Now!
Jensen Huang may have burst the quantum computing bubble when he said it would take over 15 years for quantum computers to gain widespread use Read More
The Mindful Investor1w ago
What Would It Take For Small Caps to Lead?
There have been rumblings of "the return of small caps" for many moons, but small-cap leadership has still not materialized as we kick off the new year Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!1w ago
The Financial Sector's Bullish Comeback: Is It Time to Start Looking at Bank Stocks?
One effective way to spot potential market opportunities on a sector level is to regularly monitor Bullish Percent Index (BPI) readings for each sector. Sector-focused BPIs tell you the percentage of stocks generating Point & Figure Buy Signals Read More
Stock Talk with Joe Rabil1w ago
How to Find a BUY Signal Using The 1-2-3 Reversal Pattern
In this exclusive StockCharts video, Joe demonstrates how to use the 1-2-3 reversal pattern as a buy signal on the weekly chart. This approach can be used when the monthly chart is in a strong position Read More
ChartWatchers1w ago
Investors Await CPI and Bank Earnings: Will They Spark Investor Optimism?
The December Producer Price Index (PPI) came in cooler than expected, as equities rose in early trading, sold off, and then rebounded. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU), S&P 500 ($SPX), S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index ($MID), and S&P 600 Small-Cap Index ($SML) closed higher Read More
The Mindful Investor1w ago
The Bullish Case for Small Caps vs. Large Caps
Will small cap stocks finally take on a leadership role in 2025? In this video, Dave provides a thorough technical analysis discussion of the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) and how that compares to the current technical configuration of the S&P 500 index Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!1w ago
Gold Prices: De-Dollarization, Inflation, and $3,000 Gold—What You Need to Know Now
Gold has been in the headlines over the last few months, perhaps more so now than in years Read More
OptionsPlay1w ago
Bullish AND Bearish Options Trade Ideas
In this video, Tony starts the week with a very different tone as he looks at how markets are currently playing out. He then shares individual trade ideas, pointing out which ones they continue to have a bullish or bearish outlooks on Read More
RRG Charts1w ago
Stocks UNDER PRESSURE! Which Sector is Leading Now?
In this exclusive StockCharts video, Julius takes a look at asset class rotation on Relative Rotation Graphs. He then addresses the 6 sectors that are NOT in the "best five sectors" for this week Read More
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Martin Pring's Market Roundup1w ago
One Small Push by Commodities Could Lead to a Giant Leap for Commoditykind
That may seem like a strange title, but it is intended to make the point that commodities look as though they are in the process of breaking out Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley2w ago
Here's Why The Bottom Is Dropping Out of the Dow Jones
To understand what makes the Dow Jones tick, you have to first understand one of the key differences between the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 indices Read More
Art's Charts2w ago
Market Pullbacks Provide Opportunities
to Build your WatchList - Here's How
The stock market is in pullback mode with the S&P 500 EW ETF down 5.15% over the past month and down 1% year-to-date. This makes it a good time to monitor relative performance and create a relative strength watch list Read More
Analyzing India2w ago
Week Ahead: NIFTY Steps Into Next Week With These Two Negative Technical Developments
The markets extended their decline over the past five sessions and ended the week in a negative way. While the week started on a bearish note, the Nifty violated a few key levels on higher and lower time frame charts Read More
ChartWatchers2w ago
Stock Market Panic: Why Strong Jobs and Inflation Signal Trouble Ahead
December non-farm payrolls data came in much hotter than expected. More jobs were added, the unemployment rate dipped slightly, and average hourly wages rose. Overall, it was a solid employment report, but the stock market didn't like the news Read More
The Mindful Investor2w ago
S&P 500 Breakdown Alert! Downside Targets Explained
S&P 5850 has been the most important "line in the sand" for stocks since the pullback from the 6000 level in November 2024. With the SPX closing below that 5850 level on Friday, we see further corrective pressures with the 200-day moving average as a reasonable downside target Read More
RRG Charts2w ago
The Best Five Sectors, #2
The composition of the top five sectors remains unchanged this week, despite an interrupted trading week. This stability comes against a backdrop of mixed signals and potential defensive rotation in the broader market Read More
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