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May 2023

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DP Trading Room: Advance-Decline Lines Explained

by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

In this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl opens the Trading Room with a discussion on what the Advance-Decline Line is and how it is calculated. Importantly, he shows us how best to use it... Read More 

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Sucker Rally?

by Carl Swenlin

Considering our bearish outlook, this week's rally has been hard to watch; however, the configuration of the Silver Cross Index* (SCI) continues to show how this rally may ultimately fail... Read More 

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Severe Silver Cross Index Negative Divergence a Tip Off to Severe Decline?

by Erin Swenlin

Over the weekend, Carl decided to put together the chart below. We often make comparisons between the SPY and its equal-weight sibling, RSP... Read More 

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DP Trading Room: Why SPY, Not SPX? Dividends!

by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

In this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl begins the trading room by explaining negative divergences between the SPY and equal-weight RSP... Read More 

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Market Participation Is Dismal

by Carl Swenlin

When we talk about "participation," we are referring to the number of stocks actually taking part in a given market move. Presently, we are looking at the rally from the October lows and the indicators we use to assess it... Read More 

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Small-Caps Feel the Pinch "Under the Hood"

by Erin Swenlin

We've noticed that depending on what index you're in, price is holding up or not. The SP500 (SPY) (pink solid line) tested February highs, but the SP600 has been angling lower. Today we saw disparity again as the SPY was up slightly while SP600 (IJR) was down on the day... Read More 

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DP Trading Room: Beware These Groups of Stocks

by Erin Swenlin, Carl Swenlin

In this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl opens by discussing two groups of stocks that you should avoid in the near future. He gives his take on the overall market, Gold, Bonds and more... Read More 

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DP Trading Room: Market Holds Its Breath

by Carl Swenlin, Erin Swenlin

As the upcoming Fed rate announcement nears, investors are holding their breath; on this week's edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl talks about what that likely means for the market short-term... Read More