The Final Bar

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About the author: , CMT is Chief Market Strategist at StockCharts.com, where he helps investors minimize behavioral biases through technical analysis. He is a frequent host on StockCharts TV, and he relates mindfulness techniques to investor decision making in his blog, The Mindful Investor. David is also President and Chief Strategist at Sierra Alpha Research LLC, a boutique investment research firm focused on managing risk through market awareness. He combines the strengths of technical analysis, behavioral finance, and data visualization to identify investment opportunities and enrich relationships between advisors and clients. Learn More

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Cruise Line Stocks Just Exploded! Here's What You Need to Know

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave highlights technical analysis takeaways for NVDA, ENPH, PNR, GLD, and Bitcoin...Read More 

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Nvidia Plunges Over 6% to Mark the End of the AI Trade?

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave tracks the rapid and concerning deterioration in semiconductors, with stocks like NVDA and AVGO pushing lower after last week's bearish candle patterns...Read More 

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Why Technical Analysis Does NOT Work for Leveraged ETFs

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave answers viewer questions on using technical indicators on leveraged and inverse ETFs like SOXL and SOXS, buying breakouts below the 200-day moving average, upside targets for gold, and whether the $USD is in a primary uptren...Read More 

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Bearish Engulfing Patterns Forming on NVDA & MU

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave recaps a day where technology shares struggles, with leading names like NVDA and MU dropping bearish engulfing patterns to indicate short-term distributions...Read More 

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NVDA Wreaks Havoc on Technology Benchmark

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave celebrates Nvidia's rise to overtake Microsoft (MSFT) as the largest company by market cap, creating chaos in the Technology Sector ETF (XLK) with implications for Apple (AAPL)...Read More 

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It's TOO EARLY to Be Bullish on Tesla

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave breaks down an upside follow-through day for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, and highlights the continued weakness in market breadth indicators. Dave identifies key levels to watch for GLD, FSLR, ENPH, TSLA, AVGO, and BIO...Read More 

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Breadth Thrust Can Validate a New Bull Phase for Stocks

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave describes how the "breadth thrust", popularized by legendary market strategist Martin Zweig, can help to validate a new bull phase for stocks...Read More 

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Bearish Divergences in 2 KEY Growth Stocks: BEWARE!

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave recaps a fresh new all-time high for the S&P 500, a concerning "hanging man" candle for the SPY, and troubling bearish divergences on the charts of AMZN and GOOGL...Read More 

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S&P 500 Above 5400: Economic Optimism or Irrational Exuberance?

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave recaps the continued optimism for technology shares following this morning's bullish CPI data and the Fed's statements suggesting a Goldilocks scenario for risk assets...Read More 

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Apple Blasts Through $200 On AI Optimism

by David Keller

In this edition of StockCharts TV's The Final Bar, Dave reviews key charts from a technical analysis perspective, including AAPL, FSLR, MSTR, and STT...Read More