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About the author: is a veteran technical analyst who has been actively engaged in market analysis since 1981. A pioneer in the creation of online technical resources, he was president and founder of DecisionPoint.com, one of the premier market timing and technical analysis websites on the web. DecisionPoint specializes in stock market indicators and charting. Since DecisionPoint merged with StockCharts.com in 2013, Carl has served a consulting technical analyst and blog contributor. Learn More

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About the author: is a co-founder of the DecisionPoint.com website along with her father, Carl Swenlin. She launched the DecisionPoint daily blog in 2009 alongside Carl and now serves as a consulting technical analyst and blog contributor at StockCharts.com. Erin is an active Member of the CMT Association. She holds a Master's degree in Information Resource Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology as well as a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Southern California. Learn More

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DP Trading Room: Tariffs Narrowing, Sparks Market Rally

by Erin Swenlin

Over the weekend it was announced that tariffs will be narrowing and possibly not as widespread as initially thought. Negotiations are continuing in the background and this seems to be allaying market participants' fears. The market rallied strongly on the news...Read More 

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American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) Breaks Record

by Erin Swenlin

We wrote about the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) poll results a few weeks ago. Since then, the bearish activity on the chart has broken a record for the poll...Read More 

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DP Trading Room: Upside Initiation Climax?

by Erin Swenlin

On Friday DP indicators logged an Upside Initiation Climax. This exhaustion events often mark the beginning of new rallies and could indicate that the market is indeed ready to rebound. However, we do question its veracity given lukewarm trading to begin Monday's trading...Read More 

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Retail (XRT) Dropping Quickly

by Erin Swenlin

It's been rocky for the S&P 500 and particularly rocky for some industry groups and sectors. The market does appear ready to give us a good bounce, but past that we aren't overly bullish...Read More 

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DP Trading Room: Market Sell-Off

by Erin Swenlin

The market sell-off continued in earnest after a brief respite on Friday. Uncertainty of geopolitical tensions and tariff talk has spooked the market and given the weakness of mega-cap stocks, we are likely to see more downside before a snapback rally...Read More 

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American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) Hitting Bearish Extremes

by Erin Swenlin

One thing to understand about sentiment measures is that they are contrarian. If investors are too bullish or too bearish, everyone has jumped on the bandwagon, and now it is time for the wheels to fall off...Read More 

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DP Trading Room: Bitcoin Surges!

by Erin Swenlin

The news is that the United States will have a Cryptocurrency reserve. How this will occur is still murky, but Bitcoin surged on the news. Carl and Erin give you their opinion on Bitcoin's chart setup and possible future movement...Read More 

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New Indicator for Your Toolbox

by Erin Swenlin

As part of our regular market review in the DP Alert, we have begun to notice a very good indicator to determine market weakness and strength. It may not be new to all of you, but we've found as of late that this indicator tells a story...Read More 

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DP Trading Room: Defensive Sectors Lead the Pack

by Erin Swenlin

The complexion of the market is changing. Aggressive sectors which have led the market higher are now beginning to show signs of strain as momentum slowly dissipates and prices turn lower. However, defensive sectors (XLP, XLRE, XLV and XLU) are now leading the market...Read More 

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Mega-Caps Weakening, More Trouble Ahead

by Erin Swenlin

The market declined heavily on Friday likely setting up for more downside ahead. We had already begun to notice that mega-cap stocks were beginning to weaken. You can see this on the relative strength line of the SPY versus equal-weight RSP...Read More