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RRG Charts5h ago
Playing Consumer Discretionary Through PSCD
In my article for last weekend's ChartWatchers newsletter, I wrote about a set of ETFs representing small-cap sectors and how they can be used in a Relative Rotation Graph. I also talk about it in this week's episode of Sector Spotlight Read More
Mish's Market Minute20h ago
NASDAQ's 50-Day Moving Average Continues to Provide Price Guidance
Last Friday, the market ended on a cliffhanger. The Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) closed under its 50-day moving average, while the S&P 500 (SPY) and Dow Jones (DIA) teetered on the edge of their 50-DMAs Read More
DecisionPoint20h ago
DP TV: No Inflation?! Know These Rules!
In this episode of DecisionPoint, Carl and Erin discuss not only the current market conditions and indicators, but share "Farrell's Ten Rules" for all investors to know and remember! Carl gives us the current read on Bitcoin and GME, while Erin looks at the Dollar, Gold, Gold Min Read More
Top Advisors Corner1d ago
At the Edge of Chaos: The Fed is in a Cage Match with the Bond Market - And There is No Escape
The Federal Reserve is clenched in a cage match with the bond market from which there is no escape for them or for the markets. Point in fact were the technical sell signals in the major indices and the increasing weakness in the market's breadth, as I detail below Read More
Art's Charts2d ago
Secondary Downtrends in Primary Uptrends Create Opportunities
With a pullback led by QQQ and the high flyers, several ETFs have become short-term oversold in a longer term uptrend. In Dow Theory terms, the primary trend for these ETFs is up and the secondary trend is down Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley3d ago
Divergences Don't End The Long-Term Journey - Part 1 of 2
When you look into a technician's "tool kit", you'll likely find a divergence analysis Read More
Analyzing India3d ago
Week Ahead: Technical Pullbacks Likely, But Upsides in NIFTY to Stay Capped; RRG Chart Shows This Sector Ending Relative Underperformance
In the previous weekly note, we had expected the markets to show limited upsides and had also noted some possibility of the NIFTY slipping into some consolidation Read More
ChartWatchers3d ago
One Key Signal That It's Time to Sell Your Stock
Every bull market cycle has its set of big, winning stocks – companies with strong fundamentals and increasing mutual fund sponsorship which helps propel these select stocks higher for huge gains Read More
ChartWatchers3d ago
Nasdaq Rotates Toward Bearish Phase
I recently tweeted the three steps for the S&P to signal a rotation from bullish phase to bearish phase, especially on the tactical time frame Read More
ChartWatchers3d ago
This Time-Tested Theory is Screaming To Buy NOW
I know it was a rough week last week; I only need to take one look at my own portfolio to figure that out. But the stock market doesn't go up in a straight line. There will ALWAYS be pullbacks. But be careful which "stories" you listen to Read More
Mish's Market Minute3d ago
Using the Economic Modern Family to Plan Ahead
With all but one member of the Economic Modern Family in a bullish phase, should we be worried? Or does Monday hold the next piece of pivotal price action? Before we attempt to answer this question, we should first know where each member stands and if anyone sits in a risky place Read More
The MEM Edge3d ago
Where's Support in this Tough Market?
In this episode of StockCharts TV's The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen reviews areas of the market and stocks that will help buffer you from the selloff in Growth stocks. She also covers eye-opening base breakouts in a tough market environment Read More
ChartWatchers3d ago
When the Tails are Diverging, Opportunities Arise
Last week, Friday 2/19, Tom Bowley invited me to be his guest in a webinar he did with EarningsBeats.com. Of course, I talked about RRG in general and we applied it to international markets, crypto-currencies and US sectors. All good fun Read More
Top Advisors Corner4d ago
Yield Curve Steepening, and Small Caps
Liquidity is bullish for the stock market. It is even more bullish for small-cap stocks and other types of issues which are more sensitive to liquidity. That is why indicators like the A-D Line are so useful for gauging the health of the liquidity pool Read More
DecisionPoint4d ago
Chartwise Women: Shortcuts to Spot Top Performers
In this week's edition of Chartwise Women, Erin and Mary Ellen show how you can find the best performers in the market using Relative Strength and the StockCharts Technical Rank (SCTR) Read More
The Canadian Technician5d ago
Large Cap Tech Drifts Lower
Based on how strong the stock market has been, you'd think large-cap tech was still controlling the pace of play. It seems almost remarkable that Apple (AAPL), with its massive buyback program, can be approaching the 200-DMA Read More
Don't Ignore This Chart!5d ago
Value Small Caps Are Breaking to New Highs
One of the predefined RRGs allows you to bring up a universe of growth, value and size indexes, and this can help you to spot how the various parts of the market are positioned against each other and how they are rotating Read More
Mish's Market Minute5d ago
The Importance of the 50-Day Moving Average
On Tuesday, we talked about a reversal chat pattern in the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) that was created from the price clearing over the 50-day moving average. Although today began with price under the 50-DMA, QQQs turned around, closing over Tuesdays high Read More
Top Advisors Corner6d ago
The Ord Oracle February 23, 2021
SPX Monitoring Purposes: Long SPX on 2/22/21 at 3876.50 Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78 Long Term SPX Monitor Purposes: Sold long SPX on 1/15/21 at 3768.25= gain 10.80%; Long SPX on 10/26/20 at 3400.97 Yesterday, we said "Last Thursday the TRIN closed at 1 Read More
RRG Charts6d ago
Sector Spotlight: Seasonal Surprise for XLRE
In this edition of StockCharts TV's Sector Spotlight, since it's the last Tuesday of the month, I dive into the seasonal outlook for the month(s) ahead. Communication Services seems on track with its current rotation on the Relative Rotation Graph Read More
Mish's Market Minute6d ago
QQQ Just Made a Rare Chart Pattern
On Tuesday, the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) broke the 50-day moving average before the end-of-day rally brought it back over. This created a reversal pattern we like to call an expansion day Read More
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Martin Pring's Market Roundup6d ago
Five Confidence Relationships Hit Multi-Year Resistance; Breakout Would Signal Much Higher Stock Prices
Many confidence relationships I follow have been confined to multi-year trading ranges, as investors have consistently swung between optimism and fear. The latest data show that many have rallied sharply and reached the upper region of this rangebound activity Read More
RRG Charts1w ago
Communication Services on Seasonal Track
Looking at the 3-D seasonality chart above, most of the sectors have a 50/50 history of outperforming SPY in the coming month of March. Both Communication Services and Consumer Discretionary are showing an upcoming string of months that are historically strong for them Read More
DecisionPoint1w ago
DP TV: Hot Sectors and Industry Groups
In this episode of DecisionPoint, Carl and Erin present their unique analysis of the market. Carl concentrates on the SPY and "The Big Four" - Dollar, Gold, Crude Oil and Bonds Read More
Mish's Market Minute1w ago
The Soft Commodities Make a Big Move
The pandemic has brought a multitude of supply chain disruptions reaching not only into the tech space, but also into the agricultural space. The Invesco Agricultural Fund (DBA) recently cleared major resistance at 16 Read More
Top Advisors Corner1w ago
At the Edge of Chaos: Rising Bond Yields and the Market's Breadth Remain in Lockstep
The battle between bond traders and the Federal Reserve is starting to heat up as bond yields wrestle with crucial overhead resistance and the broad market continues in lockstep with bond yields Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley1w ago
It's DRAFT Day! Another Quarter Is In The Books
This is an exciting day for EarningsBeats.com and its members. It's the day when we select the 10 equal-weighted stocks for each of our 4 portfolios - Model, Aggressive, Income, and Strong AD Read More
Top Advisors Corner1w ago
Simple vs. Complex Oscillator Structures
A year ago, I wrote here about how the nature of structures in the McClellan A-D Oscillator carries important information about what lies ahead. A "complex" structure is one that features chopping up and down without a crossing of the zero line Read More
ChartWatchers1w ago
A Major Theme That Will Carry Equities Higher
I believe the bull market vs. bear market debate has ended. We've been through a trade war, 100-year pandemic, an economic shutdown, a very divisive political battle, mountains of debt, etc., and where do we stand? At an all-time high Read More
The MEM Edge1w ago
Big Market Shift Underway?
In this episode of StockCharts TV's The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen shares new groups that are coming into favor while recently leading areas come under pressure Read More
Mish's Market Minute1w ago
Two Growing Sectors with Huge Potential
Despite worry of a pending market correction, talks of stimulus and an infrastructure package paired with a supportive Federal Reserve helped boost market morale this week Read More
ChartWatchers1w ago
Want a Semiconductor? Try This One Instead of That One
Semiconductors are outperforming the market, but not all Semiconductors are enjoying the strong rally that's been ongoing since September. Some of the more popular names have underperformed within their industry group and against the SPX Read More
ChartWatchers1w ago
A Medium-term Breadth Indicator Waves the Caution Flag
The Nasdaq 100 has been on a tear the last few months with a move to new highs, but a medium-term breadth indicator is not keeping pace here in February Read More
ChartWatchers1w ago
The Nightmare of Capital Efficiency
This week, the liquid energy markets exhibited some serious stress. Oil surged in both $WTIC (North America benchmark) and $BRENT, an international benchmark to levels not expected even one or two months ago. Natural Gas also soared in some regions Read More
Trading Places with Tom Bowley1w ago
Rotation To Small Caps Continues
We've seen a hiccup the past few days, but overall money has rotated strongly into small caps. There are a couple ways to visualize this rotation. I tend to use price relative charts so that I can view the relative momentum on a historical basis Read More
The MEM Edge1w ago
Chartwise Women: Exciting Recovery Stock Momentum
In this week's edition of Chartwise Women, Mary Ellen and Erin share their wishlist plans for the eventual post-pandemic period and the stocks that tie in with their dream trips! They also review their favorite Oil stocks, as well as the recently strong rally in Energy Read More
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