Archived News

Don't Ignore This Chart!

Blog Thumbnail

AMD Stock Hits New 52-Week High: A Buying Opportunity?

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (stock symbol: AMD) is one stock that met several positive trading criteria during Wednesday's trading. The stock price hit a new 52-week high and moved above its upper Bollinger Band®, its upper price channel, and so on  Read More

The Final Bar

Blog Thumbnail

S&P 500 Still SUPER Undervalued!

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, guest Ari Wald, CFA CMT of Oppenheimer lays out a bull case for the S&P 500 based on valuations and forward returns given strong breadth conditions  Read More

Top Advisors Corner

Blog Thumbnail

Bond Yields Rise, Stocks Dodge Bullet; QQQ Breaks Out and Possible M&A Frenzy Develops in Homebuilders

by Joe Duarte

A breakout in the major indexes, with a last-minute recovery in the market's breadth and rising bond yields, made for a mixed options expiration week  Read More

Mish's Market Minute

Blog Thumbnail

Time for Sweet Talk: Sugar Futures

by Mish Schneider

The biggest mover so far in one month's time is sugar futures, up over 16%  Read More

Top Advisors Corner

Blog Thumbnail

The Ord Oracle January 22, 2024

by Tim Ord

SPX Monitoring Purposes: Long SPX on 1/18/24 at 4780.94. Gain Since 1/1/23 SPX: 28.12%; SPX gain 23.38%. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Our gain for 2023 came in at 28.12% and the SPX gain for 2023 came in at 23.38  Read More

RRG Charts

Blog Thumbnail

Sector Spotlight: US Stocks Once Again Lead the World

by Julius de Kempenaer

On this episode of StockCharts TV's Sector Spotlight, I highlight the short-term weakness in BTC, the price strength in USD, and the clear strength of stocks over all other asset classes  Read More

Mish's Market Minute

Blog Thumbnail

Economic Modern Family Has Divisive Weekly Charts

by Mish Schneider

Over the weekend, I covered the daily charts on the Economic Modern Family, featuring the Russell 2000 (IWM) and Retail (XRT). Both are lagging the benchmark and in the middle of their January trend calendar ranges  Read More

The Final Bar

Blog Thumbnail

Small Caps Surge Higher As S&P 500 Stalls

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave observes the S&P 500 index pressing higher after achieving new all-time highs on Friday. While large caps have dominated small caps so far in January, days like today suggest small-cap strength as a potential emerging trend  Read More

The MEM Edge

Blog Thumbnail

MEM TV: Tech Stocks Blast Higher! S&P 500 Bull Market Confirmed!

by Mary Ellen McGonagle

In this episode of StockCharts TV's The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen reviews the bullish price action in the markets and shares her longer-term outlook. She also highlights the primary driver of last week's rally and which areas and stocks pushed the S&P 500 higher  Read More

DecisionPoint

Blog Thumbnail

Finding Pure Strength Using the PMO (DP Trading Room Video)

by Erin Swenlin

We are getting our DecisionPoint YouTube channel up and running and will be posting our newest Trading Room videos each week there  Read More

Trading Places with Tom Bowley

Blog Thumbnail

Your Money And You: This Investment Strategy May Very Well Be Your Best Choice?

by Tom Bowley

Every one of us faces this question as we look to the stock market for a better financial future. Let me first start this article with the understanding that the stock market isn't your only choice in terms of investing in your future (or your child's or grandchild's future)  Read More

Art's Charts

Blog Thumbnail

A Biotech Stock with a Breakout on the Weekly and a Classic Retracement on the Daily

by Arthur Hill

This week's analysis will stick with the multiple timeframe approach. Today we are featuring a biotech stock with a channel breakout on the weekly chart and a classic retracement on the daily chart. Moreover, a larger bullish reversal pattern could be forming on the daily chart  Read More

The Mindful Investor

Blog Thumbnail

Three Behavioral Biases You're Probably Struggling With Right Now

by David Keller

I've spent much of my career helping investors become more like pilots. Why is this such an important mindset to adopt? Well, pilots have to maintain good situational awareness, understanding what is happening around them  Read More

The MEM Edge

Blog Thumbnail

Don't Ignore This Unusual Event on the Market's March to New Highs

by Mary Ellen McGonagle

The S&P 500 gained 1.1% last week in a move that puts this Index at a record high. While this is exciting news for investors, those that owned some of last week's top performers are in even better spirits, as the average gain for the top ten movers in this Index was 10.3%  Read More

ChartWatchers

Blog Thumbnail

Dow Jones and S&P 500 Close At Record High -- Time to Add Tech Stocks To Your Portfolio?

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

Tech stocks are striking back after a rough start in the first week of the trading year. Back then, it might have been inconceivable to think that tech stocks would lead a bullish rally, but that narrative has changed quickly  Read More

Moxie Indicator Minutes

Blog Thumbnail

Tech and Semis Leading from the Dip

by TG Watkins

The market was severely overbought going into the new year, so some steam was left off, which, as TG Watkins notes, we can see in the breadth readings  Read More

StockCharts In Focus

Blog Thumbnail

These Stocks Have the HIGHEST PROBABILITY of Being Big Winning Trades -- and You Can Find 'Em in One Click

by Grayson Roze

On this week's edition of StockCharts TV's StockCharts in Focus, Grayson shows you the simplest way to find the market's strongest stocks with the highest probability of becoming big winners -- the Sample Scan Library  Read More

Mish's Market Minute

Blog Thumbnail

Economic Modern Family's Engine Idles While Growth Goes Fast and Furious

by Mish Schneider

Let's get right to it. The charts and our tools are telling. To start, I always look at moving averages and phases. Then I look at Real Motion and momentum to see if there is a divergence to price  Read More

The Final Bar

Blog Thumbnail

Viewer Questions: How Does the Fed Manipulate the Yield Curve?

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave hosts a special all-mailbag edition, answering viewer questions on leading vs. lagging indicators, arithmetic vs. log scale charts, and how the Fed manipulates the yield curve  Read More

RRG Charts

Blog Thumbnail

Watch Stocks Triumph in Latest Asset Allocation Battle

by Julius de Kempenaer

The RRG above shows the rotation of various asset classes, using VBINX (Vanguard Balanced Index Fund) as the benchmark  Read More

ChartWatchers

Blog Thumbnail

Technology Stocks Rise, but Market Internals Look Vulnerable

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

When you get notification of the following two alerts, it's clear that today was technology's day. Technology Sector Bullish Percent Index crosses above 70 Nasdaq crosses above 15000 Note: Here's how you can access predefined technical alerts  Read More

Top Advisors Corner

Blog Thumbnail

Complex or Simple Structures: A Message About Who Is In Control

by Tom McClellan

Here is a fun magic trick that some technical indicators can do. This week's chart shows the 14-3 stochastic oscillator for T-Bond futures prices -- 14-3 means a 14-trading-day lookback period and a 3-day simple moving average for smoothing  Read More

GoNoGo Charts

Blog Thumbnail

GNG TV: Active vs. Passive Investing

by Alex Cole, Tyler Wood

As the S&P 500 digests the rally to all time highs, Alex and Tyler take a look at GoNoGo Trend® conditions of several areas of the market on this edition of the GoNoGo Charts show. Amongst US equity indices, the Nasdaq and S&P offer more constructive conditions than the Dow  Read More

The Final Bar

Blog Thumbnail

Why SMALL CAPS MATTER in January 2024

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, guest John Kolovos, CFA CMT of Macro Risk Advisors describes how the market is reacting to "good overbought" conditions in late 2023, and why the Russell 2000 small cap ETF may be the chart to watch in Q1 2024  Read More

Don't Ignore This Chart!

Blog Thumbnail

Utilities' Unique Seasonal Powers: The Best Months to Invest

by Karl Montevirgen

The Utilities sector is known as a defensive investment simply because it generally withstands all phases of the business cycle. Utility stocks are often considered complementary assets to assets aimed at "growth  Read More

Stock Talk with Joe Rabil

Blog Thumbnail

The Biggest Mistake Traders Make!

by Joe Rabil

On this week's edition of Stock Talk with Joe Rabil, Joe explains the number one mistake he sees traders make  Read More

DecisionPoint

Blog Thumbnail

Has Rate Cut Anticipation Run Its Course?

by Carl Swenlin

The Fed stopped raising rates in July, and, by mid-October, yields had peaked. Since then, yields have begun to decline in anticipation of the Fed beginning rate cuts this year  Read More

Top Advisors Corner

Blog Thumbnail

Is a Merger and Acquisitions Wave About to Hit the Homebuilders?

by Joe Duarte

I've been bullish on the homebuilder stocks for a long time, and I haven't changed my long-term positive view. Lately, the sector has had some ups and downs related to the ebb and flow of interest rates  Read More

Mish's Market Minute

Blog Thumbnail

Trend Trade: January 6-Month Calendar Range Reset!

by Mish Schneider

We are super excited to announce that today starts the official January 6-month calendar range! As you can see in the chart for Apple, the small red and green horizontal lines have appeared on one of our favorite platforms at StockCharts.com  Read More

Don't Ignore This Chart!

Blog Thumbnail

USD Strength Accelerates After Completing Bearish Flag in EUR/USD

by Julius de Kempenaer

After a rally from $1.045 to a high of $1.1140 from October to December 2023, the EUR/USD exchange rate has now executed a bearish flag formation, which resulted in an acceleration of the decline (strength for USD)  Read More

Top Advisors Corner

Blog Thumbnail

The Ord Oracle January 16, 2024

by Tim Ord

SPX Monitoring Purposes: Neutral. Our Gain since 1/1/23 SPX: 28.12%; SPX gain 23.38%. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Our gain for 2023 came in at 28.12%, and the SPX gain for 2023 came in at 23.38. We made 8 SPX trades, with one loss and 7 wins in 2023  Read More

RRG Charts

Blog Thumbnail

Sector Spotlight: Is the S&P 500 Facing a Double Top?

by Julius de Kempenaer

On this episode of StockCharts TV's Sector Spotlight, I look at asset class rotation and examine the continued preference for stocks over bonds  Read More

The Final Bar

Blog Thumbnail

The Case for a Tactical Stock Selloff

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, guest Adam Turnquist of LPL Financial lays out the case for a tactical selloff for stocks, as well as why long-term indicators remain constructive in early 2024  Read More

Members Only

Larry Williams Focus On Stocks

Larry's "Family Gathering" January 16, 2024 Recording

by Larry Williams

Read More

Mish's Market Minute

Blog Thumbnail

Are Key Commodities Decoupling from Equities?

by Mish Schneider

After a long weekend, the market action on January 16th held some surprises. The Bullish Trends, or gainers, were the dollar and -- here is the surprise for some -- many different commodities  Read More

Members Only

Larry Williams Focus On Stocks

"Family Gathering" Meeting Today at 2:00 PM Eastern

by StockCharts Team

Read More

Members Only

Martin Pring's Market Roundup

Buying Bitcoin ETFs is the Easy Part, But What Comes Next?

by Martin Pring

Last week, eight new Bitcoin-based ETFs began trading courtesy of recent SEC approval. This launch was well anticipated, as the price had already run up in the hope that these new buyers would push it to an even higher level  Read More

RRG Charts

Blog Thumbnail

View The Large Cap - Small Cap Debate in a Direct Comparison on RRG

by Julius de Kempenaer

At the end of last year, I wrote a blog article about the relationship between Large-Cap and Equal-Weight sectors. It involved plotting the ratios of the large-cap sector ETFs against the equal-weight sector ETFs. (You can find that article here, in case you missed it  Read More

RRG Charts

Blog Thumbnail

Sector Spotlight: RRG Showing Strong Rotation For Stocks in All Time Frames

by Julius de Kempenaer

On this episode of StockCharts TV's Sector Spotlight, 2024's first episode, I dive into both Asset Class and Sector Rotation to set the stage for 2024  Read More

Top Advisors Corner

Blog Thumbnail

Stocks Exhibit Surprisingly Bullish Tone; Why Options Make Sense in this Market

by Joe Duarte

The bounce in the stock market, boosted by the short squeeze in the Magnificent Seven stocks housed in the QQQ ETF (which I predicted here last week), may have some staying power, as the Nasdaq 100 Index (NDX) remains resilient  Read More