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Don't Ignore This Chart!3w ago
This Stock Is Exhibiting Winning Characteristics!
With earnings season in full swing, this is the best time to be on the lookout for the next set of winning stocks. A lengthy study conducted by Bill O'Neil uncovered the fact that strong earnings are the number one driver of stocks that go on to experience great gains Read More
ChartWatchers3w ago
GME, GME and... GME
While the overall market was working its way to new highs, the entire investing world (and many who had never been involved in the market before) was tuning in daily to see what the price of Gamestop (GME) was Read More
The MEM Edge3w ago
Catch These Base Breakouts!
In this episode of StockCharts TV's The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen shares what areas of the market are poised to continue higher, as well as individual stocks. She also reviews sector rotation, plus the best practices after your stock gaps up in price Read More
Mish's Market Minute3w ago
Transportation Sector Must Hold its Bullish Phase
The transportation sector (IYT) has entered back into a bullish phase. (A bullish phase is when the price is over the 50-day moving average, and the 50-DMA is over the 200-DMA Read More
ChartWatchers3w ago
Let Me Sleep On It
It has been a wobbly few weeks as the market has swung back and forth. The indexes are at their highs and mega-cap tech has reported strong numbers. The Nasdaq is looking to close out Friday at all-time highs Read More
The Canadian Technician3w ago
US Dollar Continues Higher
The US Dollar is trying to hold above the down-sloping trend line to end the week. This is the one-year view. Looking at the UUP to see Friday's action, the Dollar is pulling down hard, but still looks to close above the downtrend on the chart above Read More
Top Advisors Corner3w ago
Bond CEF A-D Line Confirming Higher Price Highs
I am always on the search for signs of liquidity problems, and Advance-Decline (A-D) Lines are among the best voices to tell us about such problems. It takes a lot of money being thrown at the stock market to lift the majority of stocks Read More
ChartWatchers3w ago
Seasonality Looks Weak, but Price Action is Strong
The seasonal patterns over the next two months are not very strong, but price action is strong with the S&P 500 hitting a new high. Price action is more important than the seasonal pattern because profits and losses are driven by price changes, not seasonal tendencies Read More
The MEM Edge3w ago
Chartwise Women: Bolster Your Profits with ETFs!
Robotics, Cannabis, Clean Air - These are all themes that are taking the markets by storm. In this week's edition of Chartwise Women, Mary Ellen and Erin share ways you can participate in the uptrends without the volatility. Plus, they also reveal their favorite ETFs right now Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!3w ago
EBAY Popping to New High and Unlocking More Upside Potential
One of my routines to gauge the current market action is to start at the StockCharts.com Dashboard and take a look at the Market Movers - Most Active for the S&P 500 Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley3w ago
The Most Efficient Way To Track Earnings Reports Every Day
Recently, we introduced a newer, very organized way of viewing earnings results at EarningsBeats.com. We call it our Upcoming Earnings ChartList, which our entire community can download into their own StockCharts.com account, assuming that you are either an Extra or Pro members Read More
Mish's Market Minute3w ago
Does Big Tech Have Limited Upside?
With positive earnings out for big tech companies, should investors' appetites grow for companies like Google (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN)? Or should they look for more potential elsewhere? This can be a very loaded question, as many people have favored these compa Read More
Top Advisors Corner3w ago
The Ord Oracle February 2, 2021
SPX Monitoring Purposes: Long SPX 1/29/21 at 3714.04 Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Long Term SPX Monitor Purposes: Sold long SPX on 1/15/21 at 3768.25= gain 10.80%; Long SPX on 10/26/20 at 3400.97 Read More
The Canadian Technician3w ago
Which Index is Right?
The Nasdaq 100 is testing the prior highs to kick off Thursday. There is an interesting sequence of index price action over the last few weeks. The Nasdaq 100 is right up near the prior high; the bounce last Thursday was unable to take out that high Read More
RRG Charts3w ago
Sector Spotlight: Stealth Rotation for Healthcare
In this edition of StockCharts TV's Sector Spotlight, I attack the monthly charts to monitor the long-term trends that are in play Read More
Mish's Market Minute3w ago
What is Your Risk/Reward Plan?
"How much are you risking?" This is a key question to ask when making a trade and might even be the most important one to ask, as lately, the market's high volatility has created huge price swings. Take the Retail Sector, (XRT) for example Read More
RRG Charts3w ago
US Stocks are Lagging the World, and a Clear Preference for Short-Dated Bonds
In today's episode of Sector Spotlight, I cover, or at least try to, the complete investment landscape from asset allocation, all the way down to stocks at sector level Read More
DecisionPoint3w ago
Natural Gas (UNG) Coming to Life
I have been watching the Natural Gas ETF (UNG) as a potential trading vehicle for about a year. My attention is focused on the long side, but opportunities of that nature have been limited Read More
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Martin Pring's Market Roundup3w ago
Key Interasset Relationships are Bullish for Stocks and Commodities but Bearish for Bonds
The business cycle approximates 41-months between the low points of slowdowns or recessions. For the record, a slowdown develops when the growth path of the economy declines, but not sufficiently to result in an actual recession, when economic momentum goes negative Read More
DecisionPoint3w ago
Short Stoppers: From GameStop to Silver
In this episode of DecisionPoint, Carl begins with the topic of the GameStop (GME) short kill, coining the phrase "Short Stoppers" - and news suggests that the Short Stoppers are moving their interest to Silver. Carl looks at the Silver chart and discusses the implications Read More
Mish's Market Minute3w ago
Mixed Technical Picture in the Market Indices
Dow Jones (DIA) sits alone under the 50-day moving average, while his friends, Russell 2000 (IWM), Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) and S&P 500 (SPY) cleared Friday's highs and remain above their 50-DMAs Read More
DecisionPoint3w ago
Gamestop (GME) "Short Stoppers" Move On to Silver
I have had many people (my children included) ask me about the GameStop phenomena. Carl called them "gamestoppers", but decided that "Short Stoppers" was a more apt name given they have moved on to other targets. There is something alluring about putting the "big guys" on notice Read More
The Mindful Investor3w ago
Advance-Decline Lines Suggest Further Downside
I've spoken recently of the bearish divergences emerging from breadth indicators, including the anemic new 52-week highs list, as well as a breakdown in the percent of stocks trading above their 50-day moving averages Read More
The Canadian Technician3w ago
Can Airlines Fly?
Airlines are caught between an expanding virus, stable vaccination efforts in some countries and other countries still without vaccines. Some countries are restricting international flights. It's a mess. To fly, you need to be tested, and upon landing you need to quarantine Read More
Wyckoff Power Charting3w ago
Reddit or Not, Short Sellers Get Squeezed
Richard D. Wyckoff was on a mission to discover the ‘Real Rules of the Game' for success on Wall Street. He understood that public investors and traders were not profitable in their speculative activities and, in fact, were being preyed upon by large stock market operators. Mr Read More
Art's Charts4w ago
SOXX Follows Overbought Extreme with Outsized Decline
Last weekend's post showed the Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) with a 10 day overbought streak and several ETFs with even bigger overbought streaks. These streaks came to an end this week as SOXX fell 6.21%, its biggest weekly decline since mid March Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley4w ago
Let The VIX Mark The Bottom
There are a number of sentiment indicators in the stock market, but I prefer those that indicate the panic taking place "at the moment", rather than those depicting "feelings" Read More
Analyzing India4w ago
Week Ahead: Markets Approaches Union Budget on a Relatively Lighter Note; Prefer These Sectors for a Better Risk-Reward Proposition
In what remained one of the worst weekly and monthly performances in recent times, the Indian equity markets witnessed heavy profit-taking throughout the week Read More
ChartWatchers4w ago
GameStop Mania May Be Contributing to Selling
Stock indexes remain under pressure again today and are pressuring moving average lines. Chart 1 shows the Dow Industrials falling below its 50-day moving average for the first time since early November Read More
ChartWatchers4w ago
Regardless Where the Markets Head, These Stocks are Poised to Trade Higher
This week's 3.2% decline in the S&P 500 has this Index closing at a very important area of support, as investor confidence has been shaken amid discouraging Fed comments and weak economic data Read More
ChartWatchers4w ago
Advance Decline Lines Flash Warning
I've spoken recently of the bearish divergences emerging from breadth indicators, including the anemic new 52-week highs list, as well as a breakdown in the percent of stocks trading above their 50-day moving averages Read More
Mish's Market Minute4w ago
WallStreetBets Storms the Financial Bastille
Out of the corner of my eye, a message pops up on my screen saying "Hold the line! Selling here means Wall Street wins!" This is one of thousands of posts found on big social media platforms, which spurred from a Reddit page known as r/WallStreetBets (WSB), an online forum that h Read More
The MEM Edge4w ago
Is the Market's Uptrend Over?
In this episode of StockCharts TV's The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen reviews the broader markets, as well as underlying sectors to reveal where the weakness is and what to be on the lookout for going forward Read More
ChartWatchers4w ago
STOP Looking For Reasons to Exit The Best Bull Market of Our Lifetime
Just stop. Listen, the two key drivers to the long-term direction of the stock market are (1) earnings growth and (2) monetary policy. That's it. The rest is completely noise that you need to tune out. Most humans are innately pessimistic. It's how we're wired Read More
Top Advisors Corner4w ago
VIX Analogue Shows Pop Was On Schedule
The Jan. 27 VIX pop was fueled by worries over Reddit-inspired traders making a raid upon the established order, which threatened the sanctity of the Wall Street machine and the hedge funds which are part of that machine Read More
ChartWatchers4w ago
Finding Winners in a Pool of Mud
At the start of this week in my weekly StockCharts TV show Sector Spotlight, I discussed the re-emerging strength of Consumer Discretionary and Technology stocks Read More
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