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Trading Places with Tom Bowley20h ago
Friday Wasn't Selling, It Was Manipulation
I've seen it so, so many times. The stock market is strong, trending higher and the bottom drops out. Ever heard of "buy on rumor, sell on news"? That was partly responsible for the end of week selling Read More
Analyzing India22h ago
A Weekly Special Note: Cooling Off Likely; Remain Selective A Vertical Rise May Make Risk-Reward Skewed
In a week that turned dramatic on the last day, the markets that were over 3% down through the week pulled into positive territory in one single session. On Friday, the headline index saw its highest-ever single-day gain, ending 5.32% higher Read More
Art's Charts23h ago
What to for Watch Next Week in the Major Index ETFs - SPY, QQQ, IWM
Normally I ignore resistance levels in uptrends and support levels in downtrends. Resistance levels are not that important because higher highs are expected in an uptrend Read More
ChartWatchers1d ago
Cash Is King Right Now; Join Us TODAY For A Big Event
Technically, it makes sense to lessen stock exposure any time a major price resistance level is challenged. The all-time high close on the S&P 500 is 3025.86, set on July 26, 2019. On Thursday, the S&P 500 hit 3021.99, less than 4 points from that key level Read More
DecisionPoint1d ago
DP Daily Diamonds - Market Weakness Merits "Flawed Diamonds" Shorts
Like yesterday, I ran my bullish PMO scan followed by the "inverse" Scan for Dogs. Yesterday, the results were 19 and 70, respectively. Today, I had only 11 bullish candidates and 111 bearish candidates. It seemed that it would be better to look at shorting opportunities Read More
The Mindful Investor1d ago
Enlightened, Engaged, and Impressed: A Recap of the 2019 TSAA Conference
I’ve been using technical analysis professionally for almost twenty years now. Though I have learned a great deal from putting the technical toolkit into action, some of my favorite learning experiences have come from attending industry conferences Read More
DecisionPoint1d ago
DP WEEKLY WRAP: Fading New Highs Spell Trouble
While SPY made another all-time intraday high on Thursday, the number of S&P 500 component New Highs continued to contract from the level they had reached earlier this month. This kind of activity should be taken as a warning flag, increasing our expectation of a price top Read More
ChartWatchers1d ago
Three Charts That Could Signal a Significant Extension to the Equity Rally
Editor's Note: This article was originally published in Martin Pring's Market Roundup on Monday, September 16th at 6:04pm ET. First of all, Chart 4 features the NASDAQ bullish percentage Read More
The Traders Journal1d ago
The Crisis of Complexity: A Solution
Here’s an important lesson I’ve learned. I’ll call it the “crisis of complexity”. There is something about most investors that makes them have an insatiable appetite for complexity. In reality, complexity is not the hoped-for portfolio accelerator — it is instead the detonator Read More
ChartWatchers1d ago
SPX and OEX Log Intermediate-Term BUY Signals, But NDX IT Momentum Moves South
After challenging the all-time highs, the market has continued to chop along. In spite of a lackluster few weeks, the weekly Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) managed to cross above its signal line on both the SPX and OEX, while the Dow is just about there Read More
ChartWatchers1d ago
A Rough Week Is Behind Us - But What Is Ahead?
I have been very bullish on the markets recently and they have continued to perform pretty well until this week. With global markets breaking out to new highs, some promise in emerging markets and a rebound in the commodities, it has been a quick run up from the August lows Read More
ChartWatchers1d ago
Capturing Mean-Reversion Signals and Trend Direction with One Indicator - Facebook Example
Mean-reversion signals provide a great way to trade in the direction of the bigger uptrend after a pullback. The trick is to identify the bigger uptrend and then capture mean-reversion setups. Mean-reversion setups materialize after a pullback within the uptrend Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley1d ago
2019 Lagging Industry Becoming Leader Again
The aerospace industry ($DJUSAS) has recently caught fire once again and it's worth noting - not only from an absolute perspective, but also from a relative strength standpoint Read More
Art's Charts1d ago
State of the Stock Market - Meet the New Leaders, Same as the Old Leaders
The resurgence of small-caps has been greatly exaggerated. Consider this. The S&P 500 SPDR (_SPY) bottomed on August 5th and broke above its August highs on September 5th. The Russell 2000 iShares (_IWM) bottomed on August 27th and broke above its August highs on September 10th Read More
The MEM Edge2d ago
Microsoft Broke Out Today – Will Other Software Stocks Follow?
By all accounts, it was an incredible first half of the year for many growth areas of the market before modest gains in July gave way to a dicey August. While September is up a healthy 2 Read More
DecisionPoint2d ago
DecisionPoint Daily Diamonds - The Long and Short of It
I discovered an interesting phenomenon today. When I ran my general Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) scan, I got 19 results Read More
Top Advisors Corner2d ago
Tom McClellan: Yield Curve and Small Caps
Back on August 22, I wrote here about how the spread between the 10-year T-Note yield and the 3-month T-Bill yield gave us a leading indication that is relevant for small-cap relative performance Read More
Art's Charts2d ago
Ranking and Grouping Key ETFs - Tech-related ETFs Hit Moment of Truth, while Biotech ETFs Find Support
After studying the charts in my core ETF list, I came up with eight groupings. The top three groups represent ETFs that are still in uptrends, while the bottom three groups represent ETFs that are in downtrends and lagging overall. The middle groups are in flux Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley2d ago
Post-Fed Action Provides Us MAJOR Clues....If You Know Where To Look
I think most technicians would agree that stock market action into the close is generally much more important than stock market action just after the open. That is magnified even further when we have a major event take place intraday Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!2d ago
Here Is Another Sector Breaking To New Highs!
Today, I posted a Relative Rotation Graph for US sectors on my Twitter and Instagram feeds highlighting the clear split between some sectors now visible on the daily timeframe Read More
DecisionPoint3d ago
DP Daily Diamonds - More Industrials and REITs (Including a Repeat)
The General Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) scan threw 12 stocks at me today. We're still not seeing huge numbers coming in on these scans, which tells me to proceed with caution. Additionally, it's been interesting to see so many Industrials and REITs in the results Read More
DecisionPoint3d ago
DP Alert: Overbought IT Indicators Suggest Rough Waters Ahead
The DecisionPoint indicators help give us some insight into the condition of the market. The present short-term indicator deterioration is bearish, and the very overbought readings on our ITBM and ITVM suggest lower prices ahead Read More
Top Advisors Corner3d ago
Tim Ord: The Ord Oracle September 17, 2019
SPX Monitoring purposes: Sold SPX on 8/27/19 at 2869.16= gain .77%; long 8/23/19 at 2847.60. Monitor purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 1/29/19 at 21.96. Long Term Trend SPX monitor purposes: Sold SPX 7/5/19 & 2990.41= gain 2.63% Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley3d ago
Hold Your Breath, It's Fed Day!
I'm nervous. I believe the market has shown how nervous it's been as money quickly rotated from growth to value stocks ahead of today's Fed announcement. Here's a 10 year weekly look at the IWF:IWD ratio (Russell 1000 growth vs. value) Read More
DecisionPoint4d ago
DecisionPoint Daily Diamonds - PMO Scan Pulls "Defensive" Stocks
My Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) scan is still not providing too many choices; the ones that are appearing are in defensive categories. This always makes me suspicious of market conditions. Despite the SPX rising to new all-time highs, I'm only seeing around 8-11 results Read More
Art's Charts4d ago
Moment-of-truth for Small-cap and Regional Bank ETFs
The S&P SmallCap iShares (IJR) and Russell 2000 iShares (IWM) are leading the market in September with 8.22% and 7.66% gains, respectively Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley4d ago
Crude Oil: The Long-Term View And The Fed's Role
Crude oil ($WTIC) was certainly in the news on Monday after a drone strike crippled Saudi Arabian oil production by roughly 50%. The immediate reduction in global oil supply was felt via a 14.68% surge in price to $62.90 per barrel Read More
DecisionPoint5d ago
DecisionPoint Daily Diamonds - "Momentum Sleepers"
I've been running my "Momentum Sleepers" scan daily in the hopes of catching some stocks that are building momentum underneath the surface. These are mostly beat-down stocks, but volume and momentum are beginning to improve Read More
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Martin Pring's Market Roundup5d ago
Three Charts That Could Signal A Significant Extension To The Equity Rally
High Velocity of Short-Term Indicators Indicate Higher Prices Three Charts to Monitor for More Upside Potential High Velocity of Short-Term Indicators Indicate Higher Prices A couple of weeks ago, I cited some short-term indicators for the US stock market that struck me as being Read More
Top Advisors Corner5d ago
Tim Taschler: 5 Troubling Charts - Revisited
On August 4th, I wrote 5 Troubling Charts, where I said that “from a macro perspective, there are 5 key charts that I find troubling…” Six weeks have passed and I thought it worthwhile to see how things have changed (all charts courtesy of StockCharts.com, 9/15/19) Read More
The Canadian Technician5d ago
Global Markets Make New Highs
One of the concerns about the recent rallies in the USA has been the lack of support by the global indexes. While the USA went higher, the rest of the world has been stalled. This week, that began to change Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley5d ago
Is Now The Time For FedEx?
FedEx Corp (FDX) will be reporting its latest quarterly results tomorrow after the closing bell. In late-August, FDX printed a bullish engulfing candle and it's been moving straight up ever since Read More
Analyzing India6d ago
Week Ahead: NIFTY Holds The Crucial 100-Week MA; May Stay Vulnerable Unless It Moves Past This Zone
The week remained positive for the Indian equities as the benchmark index closed with week with net gains. The markets witnessed up-moves over the past couple of days, but those were fueled mostly by short-covering, which was triggered from the lower levels Read More
Art's Charts1w ago
Are Recent Rotations within the Stock Market Bullish or Bearish?
There are still plenty of strong uptrends out there in ETF land, but we are seeing a bit of rotation in the stock market Read More
ChartWatchers1w ago
Drive Off In These Profitable Stocks That Are Poised To Trade Higher
U.S. retail sales came in stronger than expected for the month of August and, while internet sales and home goods saw a pickup, the real boost in last month’s retail numbers came from auto sales Read More
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