Don't Ignore This Chart!

Europe is Ready to Turn Around a Long Period of Underperformance

Julius de Kempenaer

Julius de Kempenaer

Senior Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com

From time to time, I keep an eye on the Relative Rotation Graph showing the rotations of various world markets against the DJ Global Index. The tail on Europe ($E1DOW) has just crossed into the leading quadrant after a quick improving-lagging-improving rotation, setting it up for a powerful rotation into the leading quadrant.

The chart of $E1DOW above shows two important breakouts that occurred at the start of 2020 and again at the start of 2021. These are important preludes to a further strengthening of this market.

The relative strength line of Europe vs. the World is showing a long decline that is capped by a falling resistance line connecting the major highs. The bottoming process in the RS-Line still needs a bit more time to fully complete, but the improvement is clearly visible.

This is certainly the case when we look at the RRG-Lines below the RS-Line. The gradual improvement of the relative strength of $E1DOW vs $DJW is already visible since April 2020, which has recently resulted in a crossover into the leading quadrant.

But a more interesting break lies around the corner.

On the monthly chart of $E1DOW, the all-time high that was formed back in 2007 becomes visible. Breaking beyond that level will put European markets at the start of a new long-term move higher for the first time in more than almost 15 years. Once that happens, it will, very likely, cause a major shift in relative strength for European markets vs. the rest of the world as well.

#StaySafe, --Julius

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Julius de Kempenaer
Senior Technical Analyst, StockCharts.com
CreatorRelative Rotation Graphs
FounderRRG Research
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Julius de Kempenaer
About the author: is the creator of Relative Rotation Graphs™. This unique method to visualize relative strength within a universe of securities was first launched on Bloomberg professional services terminals in January of 2011 and was released on StockCharts.com in July of 2014. After graduating from the Dutch Royal Military Academy, Julius served in the Dutch Air Force in multiple officer ranks. He retired from the military as a captain in 1990 to enter the financial industry as a portfolio manager for Equity & Law (now part of AXA Investment Managers). Learn More