Art's Charts

October 2016

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Just How Bad is this Pullback from New Highs? - Breadth Indicator Overview and Summary

by Arthur Hill

Major Index ETFs are Not that Far from Recent Highs .... Sticking with the Strategy .... Breadth Indicators Soften During Correction .... Small and Mid Caps Lead Breadth Pullback .... Breadth Summary and Conclusions .... //// ...... Read More 

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SystemTrader - Scanning for ETFs with Good Liquidity, Uptrends, Bullish Momentum and Relative Strength

by Arthur Hill

Lots of Low Liquidity .... Getting the ETF Master ChartPack .... Filtering for an Uptrend .... Ranking by StockCharts Technical Rank .... Ranking By Rate-of-Change .... Narrowing and Exporting Scan Results .... Analyzing with CandleGlance and RSI .... Conclusions .... //// ...... Read More 

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Performance Discrepancies in Key Industry Groups - Problems with Support Breaks in SPY and QQQ - Bonds Making a Move

by Arthur Hill

Performance Discrepancies Abound in Key Industry Groups .... The Problem with Support Breaks in an Uptrend (SPY, QQQ) .... Pattern Trading versus Mean-Reversion Systems (IWM) .... Day of Divergence (Breadth) .... Industrials Versus Consumer Discretionary ...... Read More 

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Balance of Power for the 9 Sectors - XLI and XLY Hold the Key - GLD Forms Bear Wedge - Rates Weight on Staples and REITs - Video

by Arthur Hill

Webinar Video Link .... Art's Charts ChartList Link .... Weighing the Balance of Power for the Market Sectors .... XLY Surges off 200-day EMA .... XLI Could Tilt the Balance of Power .... Falling Wedges for Retail and Housing ETFs .... Software iShares Nears New High ...... Read More 

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Treasury Yields Continue to Drive Gold Prices

by Arthur Hill

Investors looking to time gold should pay close attention to the 10-yr Treasury yield because these two show a strong negative correlation over the last two years. This means they move in opposite directions... Read More 

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Nowhere is Not Necessarily Bearish - Five Key Risk Ratios - Mean-Reversion Breadth Indicator - SPY Holds Bounce

by Arthur Hill

Nowhere is not Necessarily Bearish .... Consumer Discretionary Shows Relative Strength .... Five Key Risk Ratios Remain Bullish .... Breadth Indicators Soften During Correction .... Mean-reverting with Breadth Indicators .... SPY Holds Mean-Reversion Bounce ...... Read More 

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Putting a Number on Earnings Reactions - Scan Code for Big Movers - EEM Consolidates within Trend

by Arthur Hill

Quantifying the Reaction to Earnings .... Scan Code for Big Movers .... Low Volume and JETS .... Apple Dwarfs the Entire Airline Group .... Using PerfCharts to Compare Airlines Performance .... Using RRGs to Measure Relative Performance for Airlines ...... Read More 

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Watching the Wedges in SPY and QQQ - Finance and Tech Power IWM - Steel Powers XME - Airline ETFs Gets Two Breakouts

by Arthur Hill

QQQ Leads the Big 3 .... SPY Forms Small Wedge .... Finance and Tech Power IWM .... Changing to Vanguard Finance ETF .... Groups Going Off the Radar .... Still Watching Retail and Housing .... Steel Stocks Propel Metals & Mining SPDR .... Airline ETF Gets Two Breakouts ...... Read More 

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Nine Sectors Can be Broken Down into Three Performance Groups - NatGas Leads Oil - Webinar Video

by Arthur Hill

Three Sector Breaks Remain in Play .... The Three Big Laggards - XLV XLP XLU .... Tech, Finance and Energy Continue to Lead .... RRG Reflects Current Sector Rotations .... NatGas Continues to Lead Oil .... Webinar Video .... //// .... Click here for the webinar video... Read More 

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SPY Holds Triangle Break - Testing Mean-Reversion with IWM and QQQ - Sector Trend and Breadth Table Update

by Arthur Hill

SPY Holds Triangle Break .... Testing the Mean-Reversion Strategy with IWM and QQQ .... IWM Gaps towards Big Support Zone .... QQQ Remains with Active RSI Signal .... Do Stops Matter? .... Consumer Discretionary Sector Teeters .... Sector Trend and Breadth Table .... //// ...... Read More 

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When Does a Correction Become Something More? - Using Small and Mid Cap Breadth to Foreshadow Broad Market Shifts

by Arthur Hill

A Negative Week, but a Positive Year .... Broader Market is Seriously Mixed .... S&P 500 Stalls above its Breakout Zone .... Small-caps and Mid-caps Sport Corrective Patterns .... Breadth Indicators Can Foreshadow Significant Changes .... Large-cap Breadth Remains Bullish ...... Read More 

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Using Breadth For Trading Bias and Overbought/Oversold Setups - A Mean-Reversion System for SPY

by Arthur Hill

Using Breadth to Determine a Long-term Bias .... Short-term Breadth Indicators Become Oversold .... The 800-pound Gorilla in the Room .... Six of Nine Sectors Remain with Long-term Bullish Signals .... Revisiting the RSI Mean-Reversion System for SPY ...... Read More 

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EuroTop 100 Index Remains Stuck as Peripheral Countries Weigh

by Arthur Hill

As with the S&P 500, the Eurotop 100 ($EUR) has gone nowhere since mid July and I am focused on the recent range for the first directional clues. Trading is quite choppy within the range and it remains anyone's guess what will happen within this range... Read More 

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Is this Stall Bullish or Bearish? - Measuring the Risk Appetite - XLK, XLF and XLE Lead - XRT Attempts Breakout - Webinar Video

by Arthur Hill

Is Stalling Bullish or Bearish? .... Key Risk Indicators Remain Net Bullish .... Technology, Finance and Energy Lead .... Consumer Discretionary Groups Lag Long-term, But Lead Short-term .... Retail SPDR Attempts Breakout, But Housing Breaks Down .... //// ...... Read More 

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SystemTrader - Testing the Best Six Months Strategy - Tweaking and Adding MACD - Comparing to Market Timing - Historically Strong Q4 Arrives

by Arthur Hill

Introduction .... Background for the Best Six Month Strategy .... Seasonal Patterns Don't Always Work .... Testing the Classic Six-Month Cycle .... Tweaking the Cycle to Account for Seasonality .... Add Market Timing with weekly MACD .... SPY, MACD and Seasonality Now ...... Read More 

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Aroons Crash on SPY Chart - Short-Term Yields Rising Faster - Charting and Scanning Bollinger Band Width - ChartList Update

by Arthur Hill

Aroon Indicators Crash on SPY Chart .... IWM and QQQ Continue to Outperform .... Financials, Utilities and the 10-yr Yield .... Short-term Yields Rising Faster than Long-term Yields .... Plotting, Analyzing and Scanning with Bollinger Bands .... ChartList Update .... //// ...... Read More 

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From a Dull September to a Colorful October - Shifting the Seasonality Chart - VIX versus VXX - Webinar Video

by Arthur Hill

September was Dull .... October has a History .... Shifting the Seasonality Chart for Two Views .... The VIX versus the Volatility ETNs .... Webinar Video .... //// .... Click here for the Webinar Video September was Dull October is here and the consensus is for a volatile month... Read More 

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Broad Market Breadth Bullish - SPY Holds above Resistance Break - T-Bonds Wilt - Oil Breaks Wedge - ChartList Update

by Arthur Hill

Broad Market Breadth Remains Bullish .... SPY Holds above Resistance Break .... 7-10 YR T-Bond ETF Fails to Hold Gains .... Oil Breaks a Wedge .... A Couple Dozen Charts to Watch .... //// ...... Read More